Lal Kunwar
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Imtiaz Mahal, better known by her birth name Lal Kunwar, was a consort of Mughal emperor Jahandar Shah. She was the daughter of Khasusiyat Khan. She was a former dancing girl who exercised supreme inf
Portrait of Lal Kunwar by Indian School of the 18th century
Portrait of Lal Kunwar or Imtiaz Mahal
Farrukhsiyar
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Farrukhsiyar, also spelled as Farrukh Siyar, was the tenth Mughal Emperor from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after deposing his uncle Jahandar Shah. He was an emperor only in name, with all effe
Lal Kunwar
…scholars maintain that she was observed to be sympathetic and charitable toward the lower classes. Near the end of his reign, when he had lost to Farrukhsiyar at Agra, Lal Kunwar joined the deposed emperor in prison until he was ultimately executed…
Emperor Farrukhsiyar holding a jewel c. 1717
Farrukhsiyar receiving Hussain Ali Khan, c. 1715
Silver Rupee struck in the name of Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, minted in Itawa, AD 1714.
Farrukhsiyar on horseback with attendants