Category: Biography
Nafisa Begum Nafisa Begum, mid 18th cent., princess of Bengal. Sister of Sarfaraz Khan, nawab of Bengal, who was defeated and killed by Alivardi Khan in April 1740, she …
Nadira Begurn Nadira Begurn, d.1659, Mughal princess. Daughter of Parwez, the elder brother of Shah Jahan, she was married to Dara Sukoh (d. 1659) on 23 January 1634. She …
Murshid Zadi Murshid Zadi, early 19th cent., Begum of Avadh. Wife of Nawab Saadat All Khan (d. 1814) she was a woman of great piety. Her son and successor …
Munshi Munshi (1926) who was a widower. Both husband and wife co-operated in political and social work. Lilavati, who had started taking interest in public life since 1920, actively …
Lilavati Munshi Lilavati Munshi, 1899-1978, writer, and political and social worker. Born in a prosperous Jain family of Ahmedabad, she was married at the age of 14 to one …
Munni Begum Munni Begum, 1775, widow of Mir Jafar of Bengal. Originally a dancing girl at the court of Nawab Mir Jafar (d. 1765) whom she later married, she …
Mumtaz Mahal Mumtaz Mahal, 1631, Mughal princess. Originally named Arjumand Banu Begum, see was the daughter of Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jahan. She was married in 1612 …
Muktabai Muktabai, 1297. Marathi saint and poet. Sister of Saint Janes war, she was left an orphan along with her three brothers when her parents drowned themselves in the …
