Begum Hazrat Mahal – The rebel Princess
Born as Muhammadi Khanum at Faizabad, Awadh, India, into an extremely poor family, Muhammadi Khanum was sold into the royal harem as a khawasin (attendant). […]
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Princess Niloufer – An unfulfilled yearning
Princess Niloufer Khanum Farhat was born on 4th January 1916 at the Göztepe Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. She was one of the last princesses of […]
Maharani Durgavati – The Warrior Queen
Born on 5 October 1524 in the family of Kirti Singh ruler of Kalinjar (Central India), Durgavati, belonged to the Chandel dynasty, which had built […]
Bamba Müller – A Victorian Cinderella Story
Bamba Müller was born on 6 July 1848 as the daughter of Ludwig Müller and his mistress Sofia in Cairo. She was educated in Cairo by missionaries. In […]
Sophia Duleep Singh – A Suffragette Princess (Part 2)
Read part one here. The Suffragette Cause Sophia joined Emmeline Pankhurst and other suffragettes as they descended on the House of Commons, hoping to meet the […]
Sophia Duleep Singh – A Suffragette Princess (Part 1)
Read part two here. An exiled Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was born on 8 August 1876 as the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and Bamba […]
