The Moghul Hedonist
by Farzana Moon /
2016 / English / EPUB
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Jahangir was the fourth Moghul emperor of India. His empress Nur
Jahan literally ruled the empire. Most of the gardens still intact
in Kashmir were designed by her and built by her orders. Kashmir's
beautiful palaces and gardens became a haven for the royal couple
away from court intrigues in India. Before his death Jahangir wrote
in his journal: 'All is vain, fleeting and perishable. In the
twinkling of an eye we shall see the enchantress fate who enslaves
the world and its votaries. Seizes the throat of another and
another victim. And so exposed is man to be trodden down by the
calamities of life that one can almost be persuaded to affirm that
he never had existed. This world the end of which is destined to be
miserable can scarcely be worth the risk of so much useless
violence.'
Jahangir was the fourth Moghul emperor of India. His empress Nur
Jahan literally ruled the empire. Most of the gardens still intact
in Kashmir were designed by her and built by her orders. Kashmir's
beautiful palaces and gardens became a haven for the royal couple
away from court intrigues in India. Before his death Jahangir wrote
in his journal: 'All is vain, fleeting and perishable. In the
twinkling of an eye we shall see the enchantress fate who enslaves
the world and its votaries. Seizes the throat of another and
another victim. And so exposed is man to be trodden down by the
calamities of life that one can almost be persuaded to affirm that
he never had existed. This world the end of which is destined to be
miserable can scarcely be worth the risk of so much useless
violence.'