[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [New History of the Marathas](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946) › v1.c19.s1.3 # New History of the Marathas v1.c19.s1.3 New History of the Marathas v1.c19.s1.3 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1.3) Throughout the Emperor's residence in the Deccan, his domestic affairs were looked after by his daughter Zinat-un-Nisa Begam, an intelligent, pains-taking and kind-hearted lady, unmarried, now 47 years old (born on 5 October 1643), to whose care the Emperor entrusted the prisoners Shāhu and Yesubai.³ The Begam was born of the same mother as the Emperor's rebel son Akbar, and like him entertained a tender feeling for the Marathas, being by nature of a pious philosophical outlook upon life. She, therefore, felt a deep interest and compassion for Yesubai and her son, who on this account developed a sense of filial reverence for her, which endured long after Aurangzeb's death. This Zinat-un-Nisa built a mosque at Delhi out of her own private money and died in 1721. When, therefore, Balaji Vishwanath led an expedition to Delhi in 1718, Zinat-un-Nisa must have, one may presume, helped Yesubai's release and return. She was certainly instrumental in letting Shāhu go back to the Deccan from the river Narmada in 1707. - [Previous: v1.c19.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1.2) - [Next: v1.c19.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1.4) - [Up: v1.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sardesai-1946.v1.c19.s1.3) · Pramāṇa