Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India /

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Author / Creator:Findly, Ellison Banks.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Description:1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161619
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ISBN:142373663X
9781423736639
0195360605
9780195360608
9780195074888
0195074882
1280442360
9781280442360
9786610442362
6610442363
0195074882
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-390) and index.
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Summary: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).
Other form:Print version: Findly, Ellison Banks. Nur Jahan, empress of Mughal India. New York : Oxford University Press, 1993