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The history of Nur Jahan is, in part, a story of ambition, power, military skill, and courtly endurance. Nur Jahan can easily be distinguished from any other comparable women of the medieval period like Raziyya Sultana, Rani Durgavati, Chand Bibi, and Mumtaz Mahal. By the exceptional good fortune of her circumstances, she married the most powerful man in India, and lived at a time of great cosmopolitan and international diversity. She had an exceptionally intimate relationship with her husband, Jahangir. As far as her role as Mughal empress is concerned, her personal abilities extended beyond politics and economics, into the areas of art and architecture, literature and religion, travel and gardening and were such that the range of her contributions to Indian culture remains almost unparalleled by any other person even today. Her interest in jewelry and textile design, verses which she wrote with superb wit and imagery, boundlessness and munificence of her charity, all endure as a dynamic and indisputable undercurrent in the Mughal heritage of India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores bilateral relations of the Mughal Empire with the most powerful Muslim contemporary state of the time: the Ottoman Empire. Bilateral relations between the two empires have not received the scholarly attention they deserve. Actually, scholars while narrating Mughal relations with Persia and Central Asia in detail have almost totally ignored Mughal- Ottoman relations. The present study is a pioneering effort. It seeks to fill a gap in Indian and Ottoman historical literature by exploring Mughal India's political and diplomatic relations with the Ottoman Empire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the beginning of the Mughal Empire a great number of men of the sword and the pen, people of excellence, quality, and learning, men of letters, poets and writers, skilled artisans and eminent persons from the cities of Persia came to this splendid empire with great hopes and anticipations. They entered the service of this bountiful kingdom, which was perhaps a sort of asylum for the people of the world. Indeed, Persians with their multifarious capabilities could handle different assignments, professions, and creative hobbies with ease and dexterity. Many Persian families attached themselves to the Mughal court and exhibited their talents in various forms and in different capacities. They outshone and exceeded their contemporaries in administration and politics, literary activities, and artistic bequests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the history of the development of the Safavid empire in Persia and Iran. The author reflects on the ideological influence of Safavid dynasty propaganda and the restoration of the Persian empire after a long period of foreign domination. The patriarchal lineage and conquests of Sufi leader Shaykh Haydar are considered leading up to the founding of the dynasty by emperor Shāh Ismā'il-I. Other topics include the pronouncement of Shi'ah Islam as the official religion, relations with the Ottoman empire, and the divine right or Persian kings.

The article attempts to assess the impact Persian culture has had on various aspects of Indian life in ancient times. The examination aims to yield a better understanding of the nature of ancient bilateral correlations between India and Persia with a focus on how the major areas of Indo-Persian interaction created long-lasting consequences. It is stressed that Persia was geographically and strategically located in relation to trade routes that fostered a reciprocal flow of scientific and cultural exchanges. The influence of a succession of ancient empires including the Achaemenians and the Sassanians are assessed.