by Admin | Jan 26, 2026 | History
Khair-un-Nissa Begum (c. late 18th century – early 19th century) was an aristocratic Muslim woman of Hyderabad whose life illuminates the cultural, social, and gendered complexities of early British–Indian encounters in the Deccan. She is best known as the...
by Admin | Jan 26, 2026 | History
Khairat-un-Nissa Begum was a 16th-century Qutb Shahi princess of Golconda, best known as the daughter of Sultan Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah and the wife of the Sufi saint–engineer Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali. Her life stands at the intersection of royal power, Sufi...