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Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself "Mogor dell'Amore," the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Köz, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xiii, 308 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. While other wives were secluded behind walls, Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, and governed in his stead as his health failed and his attentions wandered from matters of state"--Amazon.com.
In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a cool evening in Kolkata, India, beneath a full moon, as the whirling rhythms of traveling musicians fill the night, college professor Alok encounters a mysterious stranger with a bizarre confession and an extraordinary story. Tantalized by the man's unfinished tale, Alok will do anything to hear its completion. So Alok agrees, at the stranger's behest, to transcribe a collection of battered notebooks, weathered parchments, and once-living skins....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
186 pages : illustrations, genealogical table, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1627, Princess Jahanara, first daughter of Shah Jahan of India's Mogul Dynasty, writes in her diary about political intrigues, weddings, battles, and other experiences of her life. Includes historical notes on Jahanara's later life and on the Mogul Empire.
5) Taj Mahal
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
6) Taj Mahal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Offers a brief overview of the history of the Taj Mahal, discussing its original purpose, where it is, why it is considered a threatened monument, and what is being done to conserve it.
7) Taj Mahal
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the monument built by Shah Jahan in the 1630s as a tribute to the woman he loved.
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