Category: Biography
Jiji Bai Jiji Bai, 1594-1674, Mahratha lady, mother of Shivaji. She was the daughter of Jadav Rao, a nobleman in the service of the sultan of Ahmadnagar, and was …
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 1927- , writer and novelist. Born in Germany of Polish parents, who came to England as refugees in 1939, she married C.H.S. Jhabvala, …
Jawahir Bai Jawahir Bai, 1534, Rajput princess. She personalty led a body of Rajput soldiery against Bahadur Shah of Gujarat who bad beseiged Chittor in 1534, and died fighting. …
Janapadkalyani Janapadkalyani, also called Subhadrangi, fl. ca. 290 B.C., Mauryan princess, mother of Asoka. Daughter of a Brahmin of Champa, she became one of the wives of the Mauryan …
Janab-e-Alia Janab-e-Alia,1858, princess of Avadh. She was the wife of King Amjad Ali Shah (d. 1848) and the mother of Wajid Ali Shah, the last ruler of Avadh. She …
Janabai Janabai, 1360, poet-saint of Maharashtra. Very little is known of her life. She was probably an orphan and was adopted by a tailor of Pandharpur and grew up …
Jahanzeb or Jani Begurn Jahanzeb, or Jani Begurn, d. 1705, Mughal princess. Daughter of Dara Shukoh and Nadira Begum, she joined her father and mother in the flight from …
Jahan Banu Jahan Banu Begum 1626, Mughal princess. Daughter of Murad, a son of Emperor Akbar, she was married to Parviz, the second son of Jahangir, who died of …
