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We often assume the royal life was always easy, luxurious and privileged. Well, it was not. There was a Khanzada Begum, sister to Bahut, married twice on alliance, husbands killed and divorced over politics. She never had a home, in the true sense of the term. There was a Bega Begum, the first wife of Humayun, who lost her children travelling to Hindustan. There was Ruqaiya Begum, whose miscarriages were caused by political tyrants. She could never be a mother. There was a Noor Jahan. Whose over ambition led to eighteen years of secluded life alone. There was an Arjumand, who waited in silence. Patiently for the husband gone for battles. The Taj Mahal wasn't enough compensation for the years of waiting and seven children she lost. There was a Jahanara, whose only dream of having a family remained unfulfilled. And there was a sufi poetess Zeb Un Nissa, imprisoned for her favouring her brother, she died in prison twenty one years later and never saw daylight. Now you think being a princess was easy? It was about the gowns and galas and happily ever after? Think again, for History talks of lives very different from fairy tales. #ajourneytodiscoverlife#historyajtdl#History#Mughal#begumsahibseries#jahanarabegumsahib#Jahanara
