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Jahanara is also the main character in Jean Bothwell's An Omen for a Princess (1963). She is also the protagonist in Ruchir Gupta's historical novel Mistress of the Throne (2014). Madhubala , Mala Sinha and Manisha Koirala have portrayed the role of Jahanara in their respective films, namely Mumtaz Mahal (1944), Jahan Ara (1964) and Taj Mahal ...
Nautch dancers in Old Delhi, c. 1874 Nautch dancer in Calcutta, c. 1900 A Raja awaits the arrival of Nautch dancers A Nautch girl performing, 1862. The nautch (/ ˈ n ɔː tʃ /, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach") [1] was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in later Mughal and colonial India. [2]
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Hindal Mirza presents young Akbar's portrait to Humayun, during Akbar's circumcision celebrations in Kabul, c. 1546 AD. [5]Ruqaiya Sultan Begum was born into the Timurid dynasty as a Mughal princess, and was the only daughter of Mughal prince Hindal Mirza, the youngest son of the first Mughal emperor Babur from his wife Dildar Begum. [6]
Mujra is a dance performance by man/woman in a format that emerged during Mughal rule in India, where the elite class and local rulers like the nawabs of the Indian society (often connected to the Mughal emperor's court) used to frequent tawaifs (courtesans) for their entertainment.
Khanzada Begum (Persian: خانزاده بیگم; c. 1478 – 1545) was a Timurid princess and the eldest daughter of Umar Shaikh Mirza II, the amir of Ferghana.She was also the elder sister of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
Princess Diana had a surprising reply to the roaring applause after her unexpected "Uptown Girl" performance for the future King Charles nearly 40 years ago.. In the new book Dancing With Diana: A ...
Jahanzeb Banu Begum (died 1705), popularly known as Jani Begum, [1] was a Mughal princess and the chief consort of Muhammad Azam Shah, [2] the heir-apparent to Emperor Aurangzeb, who briefly became Mughal emperor in 1707. The Italian writer and traveller, Niccolao Manucci, who worked under her father, described her as being beautiful and ...