nur-mahal

Updated: May 15, 2025

Arjamand had many titles of rank and endearment, but poets like Sir Edwin Arnold preferred to speak of her as Mumtaz-i-Mahal, meaning the "Exalted of the Palace," when extolling the charms of this splendid niece of Nur-Mahal, who likewise had been famed for beauty and charity.

Frederic Courtland Penfield - East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan