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Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan

Name: Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan
Brand: Yale University Press
SKU: 9780300251272
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Contributors:

Ruby Lal

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Biography & Autobiography, History

Book Subcategory:

Women, Middle East, Modern

Book Topic:

16th Century

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Release Date:

02/27/24

ISBN 13:

9780300251272

Weight:

1.22 lbs

Size:

9.48 x 6.40 x 1.05 inches

Pages:

280

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A captivating biography of one of the world's greatest adventurers, the itinerant Mughal Princess Gulbadan, based on her long-forgotten memoir

Longlisted for the 2024 Cundill History Prize

"Ruby Lal coaxes the remarkable Gulbadan out from the shadows of history."--Sara Wheeler, Wall Street Journal

Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived. Following a migratory childhood that spanned Kabul and north India, Gulbadan spent her middle years in a walled harem established by her nephew Akbar to showcase his authority as the Great Emperor. Gulbadan longed for the exuberant itinerant lifestyle she'd known. With Akbar's blessing, she led an unprecedented sailing and overland voyage and guided harem women on an extended pilgrimage in Arabia. Amid increasing political tensions, the women's "un-Islamic" behavior forced their return, lengthened by a dramatic shipwreck in the Red Sea.

Gulbadan wrote a book upon her return, the only extant work of prose by a woman of the age. A portion of it is missing, either lost to history or redacted by officials who did not want the princess to have her say.

Vagabond Princess contemplates the story of the missing pages and breathes new life into a daring historical figure. It offers a portal to a richly complex world, rife with movement and migration, where women's conviviality, adventure, and autonomies shine through.

About the Author
Ruby Lal is an acclaimed historian of India, a professor at Emory University, and the author of three books and numerous essays, op-eds, and literary pieces. Her book Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in biography and was a finalist in history for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Vagabond Princess: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan

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