[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Fall of the Mughal Empire](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932) › v2.c22.s3.8 # Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c22.s3.8 Fall of the Mughal Empire v2.c22.s3.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c22.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3.8) Mughlāni Begam's triumph, however, was short-lived. Imād could not tolerate her doings. She was, after all, a Muslim woman, but used to do the work of a provincial governor in the manner of males, before the public gaze. This part of a virago that she played, quite apart from the stories about her loss of character, was felt as a personal disgrace by Imād, because she was his mother's brother's wife and also his prospective mother-in-law. His family honour demanded that she should be removed from Lahor, where she was enjoying unbridled liberty of action. A more sordid motive is said by some writers to have mingled with this feeling, namely greed for the hoarded wealth of her late husband. - [Previous: v2.c22.s3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3.7) - [Next: v2.c22.s3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3.9) - [Up: v2.c22.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1932.v2.c22.s3.8) · Pramāṇa