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Originally posted by: HaremSultan
Mughal women never fought any battles. Nur jahan was an exception but she did not take part directly. She was the plotter. Mughal ladies were plotters not fighters. No muslim woman ever took part in wars directly except Raziya Sultan and that was also due to liberalism of her father.
Nur Jahan was not a Trimud princess she was from a Persian linage but yes she was a
Mughal Empress & a correction Nur Jahan fought in battle field & she was a muslim.
plz read history before posting such statements
NurJahan commanded a army to rescue her husband
In 1626, Mahabat Khan took Jahangir and his party captive when the Emperor was encamped on the banks of the River Jhelum.After long hours of feinted actions and secret negotiations, most master-minded by Nur Jahan, a river battle ensued. At the high point of the battle, after the search for passable fords had proved hopeless, Nur Jahan was the first one she plunged into the river on elephant back carrying bow & arrows along with her in the elephant howdah there was her granddaughter & her anka
chronicles says that the most furious assault by Mahabat Khan Rajput soilders was directed on Nur Jahan her elephant was surrounded by a crowd of Rajputs her guards were overpowered and cut down at its feet balls and arrows fell thick round her howdah, NurJahan was armed with bow & arrows shot 4 arrows & killed rajputs soilders.
By the account of the Iqbalnama, Nur Jahan fought well and most bravely, but her most famous act was to save one of her own party. "The Begam Nur Jahan had in her litter the daughter of Shahriyar [her own grand daughter], whose anka or nurse was the daughter of Shah Nawaz Khan. The anka received an arrow in her arm[by one of the rajput soilder] &
the Begam(NurJahan) herself pulled it out, stainsiing her garments with blood."
other sources claimed that the arrow hit the little infant the granddaughter of NurJahan &
Nur Jahan's own elephant suffered blows to the side, but the entire party survived and returned to the royal camp. where Nur Jahan was surrounded by her women, who came shrieking and lamenting, and found her howdah stained with blood, and herself busy in extracting the arrow and binding up the wound of the infant."
in short Open war had failed, and the brave woman resorted to other methods. Nur Jahan , with the help of nobles who were still loyal to Jahangir , came up with a plan to free her husband. She surrendered herself to Mahabat Khan, and once reunited with her husband, put her plan into action. She had Jahangir convince Mahabat Khan that he was satisfied with the current arrangement, as it had freed him from her clutches. Mahabat Khan believed that he had won over the former emperor, failing to realize that Jahangir was in fact siding with Nur Jahan . Consequently, he decreased the Rajput guards that he had placed around Jahangir , and prepared to return to Lahore with the captive emperor. Meanwhile, Nur Jahan arranged for an Ahadis army to meet them en route to Lahore in the ensuing battle, Nur Jahan's forces were victorious, in the battle, Mahabat lost some of his best leaders Rajputs were slaughtered like goats and few who were captured were sold in markets of Kabul. An estimated, nearly 3000 rajputs were killed in this battle and others were wounded heavily. Mahabat Khan's brief reign lasted approximately 100 days. so Nur Jahan won back her husband hounour & glory on the same place where once it was lost.
actualy there was one of a pic of Nur Jahan she is carrying a riffle
here it is Lady with riffle probably Nur Jahan
