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  1. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gulbadan_BegumGulbadan Begum - Wikipedia

    Gulbadan Begum ( c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. [1] She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar. [2]

  2. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-india-68302765Gulbadan Begum: The epic voyage of a daring Mughal princess - BBC

    Gulbadan Begum is the first and only woman historian of the Mughal Empire. On an autumn day in 1576, a Mughal princess led a cohort of royal women on an unprecedented voyage to...

  3. www.atlasobscura.com › articles › mughal-princess-gulbadan-begum-authorThe Itinerant Princess Who Chronicled Akbar’s Mughal Empire

    Mar 6, 2024 · From musket-wielding empress Nur Jahan to writer Gulbadan Begum, meet the influential women of the early-modern Muslim empire.

  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-asia-india-68302765Gulbadan Begum: The epic voyage of a daring Mughal princess

    Feb 16, 2024 · Gulbadan Begum is the first and only woman historian of the Mughal Empire. By Cherylann Mollan. BBC News, Mumbai. On an autumn day in 1576, a Mughal princess led a cohort of...

  5. feminisminindia.com › 2018/01/25 › gulbadan-banu-begum-womens-historyGulbadan Banu Begum: The Mughal Historian We Don't Know Of | #...

    Pushed to the periphery as a ‘minor source’ by many historians, along with other accounts by royal women and servants, is the Ahval-I Humayun Badshah, written by Gulbadan Banu Begum. Gulbadan’s work is the only surviving history written by a woman in 16th century Mughal India.

  6. www.vogue.in › content › meet-princess-gulbadan-the-only-woman-historian-of-theMeet Princess Gulbadan, the only woman historian of the Mughal...

    Feb 15, 2024 · 15 February 2024. Gulbadan Begum smoking on a terrace. Delhi, Mughal India. Circa 1800. For those familiar with historian Ruby Lal’s prowess in resurrecting historical women, a plunge into the Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan does not disappoint.

  7. scroll.in › article › 1064414‘Vagabond Princess’: Ruby Lal’s biography of Mughal princess ...

    Mar 3, 2024 · Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan, published by Juggernaut, will go a long way in establishing Gulbadan Begum as a daring princess and consummate explorer whether it be new...

  8. www.hindustantimes.com › lifestyle › art-cultureRead an exclusive excerpt from Vagabond Princess, the story of ...

    Gulbadan, other Mughal women, and officers stayed in Aden for over seven perilous months. To top it all, the governor of Aden did not behave well toward the royal guests.

  9. indiacurrents.com › a-16th-century-princess-chronicles-early-mughal-life-in-indiaA 16th Century Princess Chronicles Early Mughal Life In India

    Apr 10, 2024 · Begum Gulbadan’s Humayun-nama, a remarkable chronicle of early Mughal life in India is the only work written by a woman in Muslim courts of Ottoman, Turkey, Iran and India

  10. time.com › 6836544What a Mughal Princess Can Teach Us About Feminist History

    Mar 4, 2024 · Behind the harem walls of the sprawling Mughal fort-palace in Lahore, 64-year-old Princess Gulbadan Begum was intensely writing a commissioned work. Akbar, the third Mughal emperor, a man with a...