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Aurangzebs Daughter Zeb-un-Nisa The Rebel Princess Poet
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life of Zeb-un-Nisa, Aurangzeb's rebellious eldest daughter—a princess who defied her father's orthodoxy to become a poet, scholar, and patron of the arts. Born in 1638, Zeb-un-Nisa was educated by learned women tutors and mastered Persian, Arabic, and astronomy. She sponsored a translation of the Quran into Persian and composed her own ghazals under the pen name Makhfi ('The Hidden One'). But her intellectual independence clashed with Aurangzeb's puritanical reign. In 1681, she was caught corresponding with her brother…
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