While history remembers the great Mughal Kings and the legacy they left behind, it hasn’t been too kind to the Empress who weilded and astounding amount of power, at a time when women had little to no status in society.

Nur Jahan, the twentieth and most beloved wife of Emperor Jahangir, the fourth Mughal Emperor, is one of history’s most powerful rulers who has sadly been widely misrepresented .

A superb marksman, hunter and administrator, Nur was known throughout the vast and mighty Mughal Empire for her razor-sharp political skills.

Unfortunately, her brilliant political reign was completly erased from history when Jahangir’s son, Emperor Shah Jahan came to power. He dismissed Nur Jahan and rewrote history from his perspective – one wherein public opinion about the former Empress was extremely biased and inaccurate.

She was now portrayed as a “a gold-digger and schemer” and was remembered as the one who intoxicated Jahangir in order to seize power from him. This is how posterity remembers her as well.

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