A History of the Mahrattas v1.c13.3

v1.c13.3

¹ Maternal uncle of Aurungzebe, and nephew of the celebrated Noor Mahal, whose name is probably more generally known at present from Mr. Moore’s Lalla Rookh, than from the history of India. The fact of our being indebted to Noor Jehan’s mother for the discovery of utter [attar] of roses is gravely recorded by the historian Khafee Khan.