Aisan Daulat Begum Short Story

Aisan Daulat Begum

Sipping Starbucks on a Monday morning, hurriedly glancing through the newspaper – Mrs. Seetharaman has just been appointed India’s defense minister, many say this is purely a namesake, but to many, this is the tipping point. In years to come, this will go down in history books as monumental, putting women at the forefront of a largely male dominated service through ages. But has this always been the case? History is proof that women have played a crucial role in setting the course of the future. The Mughal saga is a testimony to this fact.
Our story is set somewhere between parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and northwest China collectively called Moghulistan, with Aisan Daulat Begum at the helm of affairs.
Aisan was a woman of grit and resolve. Yes, she was a king’s wife, the queen consort of an empire, the grandmother of the first Mughal Emperor Babur, but she was more than the relationship she shared with the men in her life. Born in the

In a bitter rivalry amongst siblings, a malicious diplomat Aurangzeb, brought Dara Sukoh to his death, after which Dara’s first wife Nadira Begum had swallowed poison and killed herself. Aurangzeb forced Ranadil to join his royal Harem, but she refused. He, like Dara Shikoh, was enchanted by Ranadil’s beauty and musical prowess and fell in love with her instantly. A heartless emperor lost himself in Ranadil’s love.
On Radanil’s refusal to join the Harem, Aurangzeb had her imprisoned. She would spend hours singing songs in memory of her lost lover, which infuriated Aurangzeb. It is well known that Aurangzeb, albeit a deeply religious man, was a connoisseur of music. But Ranadil’s open defiance did not go well with him, he would torture and torment her and she continued to turn a blind eye. One historian recounts how Ranadil’s music reminded Aurangzeb of his wrath and cruelty on his people, to the extent that Aurangzeb had reached his wit 's end and threatened to cut her body into pieces