Promotion of Learning in India during Muhammadan Rule (by Muhammadans) c22.87

c22.87

Women, learned, instances of: Badrunnisā, third daughter of Aurangzib, 204 Chānd Bībī, xxviii. Durgāvatī, xxviii. Gul-Badan Begam, daughter of Bābar, 201 Jahānārā Begam, daughter of Shāh Jahān, xxvii., 203-204 Māham Anaga, Akbar’s wet-nurse, 165, 167-168, 202 Māh Malik, xxviii. Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shāh Jahān, poetess, 202 Nūr Jahān, wife of Jahāngīr, 202 Raziyah, Sulṭāna, daughter and successor to Altamash, xviii., xxviii., 21, 22, 201 Salima Sulṭāna, niece of Humāyūn, poetess, xxvii., 202 Sattiunnisā, learned governess of Jahānārā Begam, 204 Zibunnisā Begam, eldest daughter of Aurangzib, taught by her father, xxvii., 204 Women recite the Qur’ān to Sulṭān Ghiyāṣuddīn of Mālwa, 98 Women-Rulers: Raziyah, Sulṭāna, xviii., xxviii., 21-22, 201 Nūr Jahān, wife of Jahāngīr, 202 Wrestling-schools founded in Aḥmadnagar, 95 Writing materials, 96 Writing, styles of, 123, 158-159