About the Book: Gulbadan: Portrait of a Princess at the Mughal Court
An accomplished scholar and author of the Humayun-nama, Gulbadan Begam was also
Baburs daughter, Humayuns sister and Akbars aunt. In this compact biography,
Rumer Godden draws upon the Humayun-nama and other records, as well as her own
soaring imagination, to create a portrait of the begam and the Mughal Empire as
detailed and exquisite as any miniature.
While still a child, Gulbadan travelled from Kabul to Agra, where Babur had
established his capital. She grew up in the cloistered world of the zenana, an
idyllic existence that was shattered when Babur exchanged his life