Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India

by Ellison Banks Findly

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195074882
• ISBN13: 9780195074888
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"