The Mughal ‘harem’ has been the subject of a great deal of uninformed curiosity and voyeurism often based on bazar gossip. With the result that while the court historians like Abul Fazl could only ...

During the early period of the Mughal rule, women enjoyed liberty and were allowed to participate in all social activities with their men without any restriction. Mughal women freely expressed their ...

Interest in the Mughals never really wanes. One of the most colourful and creative dynasties in world history, they continue to influence art, music, poetry and architecture . Interest in the Mughals ...

With the images they conjure, of heavily guarded spaces where hundreds of beautiful, fecund women coexisted, royal harems continue to exert their power over our imagination. Though outdated, we wonder ...

Jahanara Begum, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, was far more than a Mughal princess — she was a visionary architect, ...

It was a journey back in time for the audience at Karu Experience Centre on November 26 as author Vama Gaur read out excerpts from her latest book, The Mughal Harem, and chatted with Shahanshah Mirza, ...

There’s a painting of Nur Jahan, in which she’s loading her musket, that exudes power and sovereignty. This was just one of many fascinating vignettes that emerged from the session on Mughal women, on ...

Ira Mukhoty’s second book promises to be timely, topical and trendy, but fails to deliver on several counts. Catering to the current penchant for popular history, the book is a hybrid of the scholarly ...

The fifty-two-year-old Princess Gulbadan sat across from her nephew Emperor Akbar, waiting for her turn to speak. She was of average height, somewhat stocky in build, with distinctive straight ...

During the early period of the Mughal rule, women enjoyed liberty and were allowed to participate in all social activities with their men without any restriction. Mughal women freely expressed their ...