Domesticity and power in the early Mughal world

Ruby Lal explores domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century. Challenging traditional, orientalist interpretations of the haram that have portrayed a domestic world of seclusion and sexual exploitation, she reveals a complex society where noble men and women ne...

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Main Author: Lal, Ruby (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, N.Y Cambridge University Press 2005
Series:Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization.
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Call Number :DS 461 .L35 2005

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