Who can write about the most powerful women of the Mughal Empire and leave out the Dowager Queens? Emperor Akbar’s mother Dowager Queen Hamida Born around 1527. Died 8/29/1604. Emperor Akbar’s aunt Princess Gulbadan (Rosebody) Born around 1523. Died 2/7/1603.
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What secrets do you think the men and women of the Mughal Empire held? I can’t say too much about the main plot of the book without spoiling it, but WOW, what a dysfunctional family! I wonder why the emperor clearly loved some of his grandson’s over others? I wonder why all his sons had
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What would a castle where thousands of women lived, be like? How would meals work? Who would handle the laundry? How would you keep the queens underwear from getting mixed up with her Lady-in-Waiting’s? What if there were 50 queens, each with 5-10 maids? The Akbarnama details the existence of this place, but nothing has
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In the beginning, this was going to be the title of the novel – The Badass Women of the Mughal Empire. But then I thought more of it, and it became a series of novellas called The Mumtaz Chronicles. I call her Queen Salimeh. Born in 1539. Died in 1613. She is, by far, the
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