Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India - Empress of Mughal India

Klappentext Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history. Born on a caravan traveling from Teheran to India! she became the last (eighteenth) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir and effectively took control of the government as he bowed to the effects of alcohol and opium. Her reign (1611-1627) marked the highpoint of the Mughal empire! in the course of which she made great contributions to the arts! religion! and the nascent trade with Europe. An intriguing! elegantly written account of Nur Jahan's life and times! this book not only revises the legends that portray her as a power-hungry and malicious woman! but also investigates the paths to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism providing a fascinating picture of life inside the mahal (harem). Zusammenfassung Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history! and Ellison Findly's biography is an intriguing! elegantly written account of her life and times. It not only revises the legends that portray Nur Jahan as a power-hungry and malicious woman! but also investigates the paths to power available to women in Islam and Hinduism! providing a fascinating picture of life inside the mahal (harem).

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• Authors: Ellison Banks Findly, Ellison Banks (Associate Professor of Reli Findly, Ellison Banks (Associate Professor of Religion and Area Studies Findly, Findly Ellison Banks
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.1993
• EAN: 9780195074888
• ISBN: 978-0-19-507488-8
• No. of pages: 420
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, India, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Biography: royalty, Asian History, Biography: historical, political and military, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, HISTORY / Asia / South / General