TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lal,Ruby
TI  - Empress: the astonishing reign of Nur Jahan 
SN  - 9780393239348
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W.W. Norton & Company
KW  - Nūr Jahān,
KW  - Empresses
KW  - Mogul Empire
KW  - Biography
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-290) and index; Dramatis personae -- Queen of queens, an introduction -- Miracle girl -- Al-hind -- The cupolas of chastity and the perfect man -- The wak-wak tree -- The mirror of happiness -- Grave matters -- A key for closed doors -- Ascent -- Wonder of the age -- Veils of light -- The light-scattering garden -- Fitna -- The rescue -- Angel of death -- Beyond 1627, an epilogue
N2  - "In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. While other wives were secluded behind walls, Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, and governed in his stead as his health failed and his attentions wandered from matters of state"--Amazon.com
ER  -