Nur Jahan : empress of Mughal India / Ellison Banks Findly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Findly, Ellison Banks, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nūr Jahān, Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, d. 1645.

Mughal Empire--Empresses--Biography.

Mughal Empire.

Local Subjects:

Nūr Jahān, Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, d. 1645.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A biographical study of one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history, which not only attempts to revise the legends that portray Jahan as power-hungry, but also investigates the path to power available to women who lived inside the harem.

Contents:

Contents; Prologue: Standing in the Legend; 1. The Immigrant Persians; 2. Death of Sher Afgan and Marriage to Jahangir; 3. Rise of the Junta (1611-1620); 4. ""The World Conqueror""; 5. Life in the Women's Palaces; 6. The English Embassy; 7. Breakup of the Junta (1620-1627); 8. Nur Jahan and Religious Policy; 9. Arts and Architecture of Nur Jahan; 10. In the Gardens of Eternal Spring; 11. The Rebellion of Mahabat Khan; 12. Death of Jahangir and Retirement to Lahore; Appendix I: Selected Members of Jahangir's Family; Appendix II: Selected Members of Nur Jahan's Family

Appendix III: Brief Chronology of the Jahangir EraNotes; Abbreviations and Selected Annotated Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p371-390. -Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-390).

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771507-9

1-280-44236-0

1-4237-3663-X

0-19-536060-5

1-60129-880-3

OCLC:

475957400