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Ruby Lal

From the biography: How Babur’s daughter Gulbadan and her companions made a pilgrimage to Mecca

An excerpt from ‘Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan’, by Ruby Lal.

Ruby Lal
· Feb 20, 2024 · 09:04 am
How Mihr, the future Empress Noor Jahan and prince Salim, later Emperor Jehangir, fell in love

A new biography of Nur Jahan details the life of the empress who wielded more political power than any other Mughal queen ever.

Ruby Lal
· Sep 03, 2018 · 08:30 am