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Aurangzeb's Arrest of His Daughter: A Family Fracture
In 1681, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb arrested his own daughter, Princess Zeb-un-Nissa, and confined her for the last two decades of her life. Why would a ruler imprison his child? This episode unpacks the family and political fracture that led to the arrest — the flight of her full brother Prince Akbar to the Marathas, the rebellion that shook the Deccan, and the suspicion that fell on the most learned woman in the empire. We look at what the Maasir-i-Alamgiri and the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri tell us about her fate, her poetry, and the strange silence of the court chronicles. We also explore…
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