Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.36

c7.s1.36

² Compare for instance the story of Hamida Banu, the mother of Akbar. It is reported that when Humayun offered to marry her, the lady refused to consider the proposal of a monarch or in fact, of anyone who occupied too elevated a social position for her own rank. 'I would rather marry a man' she said 'whose lapel I can hold than one whose pedestal I cannot reach', meaning that she insisted on equality of treatment. *Vide* G., 53.) For other examples, Nurjahan, Mumtaz Mahal, etc. are familiar.