ForgottenPenguin Books India, 2010 - 193 pages Short biographies of queens of medieval India and their historical contribution to their era. |
Contents
The Lady Who Crowned a Mughal Emperor | 3 |
Juliana at the Mughal Court | 18 |
Off to Jail | 27 |
Bahadur Shah Dies | 44 |
Juliana and the Portuguese | 51 |
Rudramma Devi and Hayat Bakshi Begum | 67 |
Mahlaqa | 81 |
Who was Chanda? | 95 |
The Asaf Jahi Nizams | 112 |
A ManySplendoured Girl | 118 |
Daily Routine | 126 |
She Had the Courage to Be Herself | 135 |
A Caring Warrior Princess | 143 |
Ahmadnagar and the Deccan Kingdoms | 153 |
Chand Bibi and Ibrahim II | 168 |
The Story of the Brahmin Ayah | 181 |
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