by Admin | Aug 1, 2025 | Miscellaneous
Nur Begum, whose birth name was Ghulam Fatima, was a remarkable woman from a zamindar (landowning) family of the Jauiyah caste in a village near Abohar, Punjab, in British India. In an era when literacy and religious scholarship were overwhelmingly male domains, Nur...
by Admin | Sep 7, 2025 | Art and Culture
Nuri Nadira Bano was a distinguished female artist of the Mughal court in the early 17th century, identified in the famed Gulshan Album as a “student of Aqa Riza.” Her significance lies in her rare position as a documented female artist in a male-dominated...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2025 | Bengali Literature
Nurunnesa Khatun “Vidyavinodini” (1894–1975) was a trailblazing figure in Bengali Muslim women’s literature, recognised as the first published female Muslim novelist in Bengal. Her life’s work was dedicated to championing women’s...
