Group of Mogul Empresses

Group of Mogul Empresses

1915
13.60x
8.90cm

Although the women do look somewhat similar in this set of a dozen Mughal Empresses, they can be identified individually thanks to the Urdu captions beneath each: [From Top Left to Top Right, First Row] Jamila Khatoon W/o [Wife of] Muhammad Mirza, Nagina Khatoon W/o Jalaluddin Miran Shah, Sakina Khatoon W/o Ameer Taimoor; [Second Row] Akhtar Zamani W/o Alamgir, Moti Mahal Begum W/o Akbar Kuldan, Ruqayyah Sultan W/o Humayun; [Third Row] Akhtar Tabaan W/o Farrukh Sher, Maa Khatoon W/o Moinuddin, Ashraf Zamani W/o Bahadur Shah; [Fourth Row] Qudsia Begum W/o Shah Alam, Behroz Khatoon W/o Alamgir Saani, Sikandar Sultan W/o Alam Shah.