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Real Life Romance: Nur Jahan and Jahangir
Long before a real life romance inspired the building of the Taj Mahal, India saw another real life romance play out in the royal family. The love story between Nur Jahan and Jahangir led to the expansion of the Mughal Empire, religious freedoms, and increased rights for women. It’s the story of a kickass woman and a man who liked her that way.
Nur Jahan was born with the name Mohr-un-Nissa in what is now Afghanistan in 1577. She was born to a prestigious family who lost almost everything and left for India, where they arrived penniless (along the way, robbers stole the little they still had). The family made it as far as Kahandar, where Mehr-un-Nissa was born and Mehr-un-Nissa father, Mirza Ghaias Beg, befriended a merchant who took the family in and spoke up for them at court. Mirza Ghias Beg believed that the birth meant that the family’s situation would change for the better and he named the baby Mehr-un-Nissa or “Sun
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A New Light on a Neglected Ruler: On “Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan”
A biography of one of India’s forgotten female rulers.
Empress
THE 20TH WIFE of the Mughal emperor Jahangir amazed everyone by gunning down four tigers with six shots. She also wrote poetry, designed clothing, built gardens, and issued her own imperial orders and coins. All of which can be understood as signs of legitimate sovereignty, at least for feminist historian Ruby Lal, whose new book, Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan, contextualizes the story of a remarkably powerful female figure at a time when strong women were ignored by history and dismissed as uppity schemers.
Jahangir was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, assuming the throne in 1605 after the passing of his father, Akbar. He ruled until his death in 1627, presiding over a pluralistic empire that was arguably the richest in the world. Encyclopedic amounts of writing already exist on the Mughals, but according t
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For the very first episode årstid Two, I am joined bygd acclaimed historian of India and Professor of South Asian Studies at Emory University Ruby Lal, whose book discovering the sovereignty of Nur Jahan as she boldly redefined the role of the royal wife reveals her love story with Mughal kejsare Jahangir. This is their story, the story of two early 17th-century co-sovereigns of the Mughal empire…
Holly: Hello darlings and welcome back to the second årstid of Past Loves, the weekly history podcast which explores affection, infatuation and attachment across time to bring you the lighter side of history and a touch of romance to daglig life. It is very exciting to be back with a second season of the podcast just in time for us all to return to school and work after the summer which I hope you have been able to enjoy. If you listened to the teaser last week you will know that for this season of the podcast I have cast my net even further to try to bring you the very best lov