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Ruby Lal is an author and professor of history in the Department of Middle East and South Asian Studies at Emory University.

She has written extensively about the lives of key women in early Islamic societies, especially during the Mughal Empire in South Asia.

Lal has been exposed to the history of the subcontinent at a young age. In an interview with the Christian Science Monitor, she said her mother would tell her stories about Nur Jahan, chief consort of Mughal emperor Jahangir.

Career

Lal is well known for her research and publication of a book about Nur Jahan in 2018. The biography was reviewed by the New York Times, The Guardian, and Los Angeles Review of Books.

Lal won the Georgia Author of the Year Award for her work about Nur Jahan.

She later wrote a book about Gulbadan Begum, the Mughal princess who traveled to Mecca and Medina. Her work about Gulbadan was covered by outlets like the Wall Street Journal.

Published works

  • Royal Vagabond: The Great Adventures of Gulbadan (2024)
  • Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan (2018)
  • Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India (2013)
  • Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World (2005)

References

  1. Ward, Beth. "Ruby Lal pulls a South Asian writer from obscurity". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ISSN 1539-7459. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. "JHI Circle of Fellows Spotlight—Ruby Lal | Jackman Humanities Institute". www.humanities.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  3. "Ruby Lal, author of 'Empress,' discusses the amazing life and reign of Nur Jahan". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  4. "Gulbadan Begum: The epic voyage of a daring Mughal princess". 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  5. ^ "Empress". wwnorton.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  6. Bajaj, Vikas (2018-08-10). "Mughal Men Ruled South Asia — and One Man Was Ruled by a Woman". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  7. Zakaria, Rafia (2018-09-05). "Empress by Ruby Lal review – the rise and reign of a self-made Mughal queen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  8. "A New Light on a Neglected Ruler: On "Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan"". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2018-09-07. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  9. "Georgia Author of the Year Awards". Georgia Author of the Year Awards. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  10. Wheeler, Sara. "'Vagabond Princess' Review: Gulbadan's Journey to the West". WSJ. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  11. "Vagabond Princess". Yale University Press. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  12. Lal, Ruby (2013). Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-03024-4.
  13. "Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World | South Asian history". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
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