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Zeb-un-Nissa ( Persian: زیب النساء) [1] (15 February 1638 – 26 May 1702) [2] was a Mughal princess and the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum. She was also a poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of "Makhfi" ( مخفی, "Hidden, Disguised, Concealed One").
Apr 30, 2015 · Zeb-un-nisa Begum ( Ornament of Womankind ), the eldest daughter of Emperor Aurangzeb, was born at Daulatabad in the Deccan on 15th Feb, 1638. Her mother was Dilras Banu Begum. From her childhood she showed great intelligence.
Nov 28, 2020 · A poet who followed the Indo-Persian school of poetry, Zeb-un-Nissa’s attachment to the fictional world distanced her from Aurangzeb, the Badshah who dearly loved her like anything. But, Zeb-un-Nissa gradually became a being of the abstract world.
Zaib-un-Nissa was in many ways unique. She was a great patron of the arts, a gifted calligraphist, and an ardent collector of manuscripts.
Mar 4, 2021 · The rebel Sufi poetess, Mughal Princess Zeb-un-Nisa was a jewel among women, known for her astounding abilities and innovative verse. Sitting alone in her quiet gardens, reciting verses of poetry and waiting for the end to come.
Apr 6, 2021 · Zeb-un-Nissa, the poet, calligrapher & mathematician rebelled against her father, Aurangzeb, through poetry. Read her story. “Ask for what you want from our kitchen,” said Zeb-un-Nissa when Mirza Farukh, son of Shah Abbas II of Iran, asked her for a kiss.
Zeb-un-Nisa, a luminous figure in Mughal history, was born in 1638 as the eldest daughter of the mighty Emperor Aurangzeb and his empress, Dilras Banu Begum. Her birth occurred during a period of imperial grandeur and cultural opulence within the Mughal dynasty.
Mar 22, 2019 · Amidst the many Mughal women who have remained lost in years of obscurity, is the story of “the concealed one”, Zebunissa (also, Zeb-un-Nissa)! A child prodigy in the court of Shah Jahan, she was the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and Dilras Banu Begum.
Begum Zeb-un-Nissa was the eldest daughter of Aurangzeb and was the most favoured of all his children. As was customary for the Royal ladies, her education was given the utmost care. She...
Jul 21, 2023 · Pioneering Pakistani female journalist Zeb-un-Nissa Hamidullah in her ‘Between ourselves: a weekly feature for women’ columns, which appeared in Karachi's English-language daily newspaper Dawn during the late 1940s and early 1950s, encouraged her readers to stretch rather than breach the boundaries in how (educated) Pakistani women—as ...
