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Zeb-un-Nissa

1638 - 1702

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Zeb-un-Nissa (Persian: زیب النساء) (15 February 1638 – 26 May 1702) was a Mughal princess and the eldest child of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum. She was also a poet, who wrote under the pseudonym of Makhfi (مخفی, "Hidden, Disguised, Concealed One"). Imprisoned by her father in the last 20 years of her life at salim fort, agra, Delhi, Princess Zeb-un-Nissa is remembered as a poet, and her writings were collected posthumously as Diwan-i-Makhfi (Persian: ديوانِ مخفى) - "Complete (Poetical) Works of Makhfi". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zeb-un-Nissa is the 823rd most popular writer (up from 2,751st in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from India (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Zeb-un-Nissa ranks 823 out of 7,302. Before her are Gerard of Cremona, Nikolay Karamzin, James Jones, Aelia Eudocia, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Colleen McCullough. After her are Wilhelm Hauff, Theodore Beza, Alain-René Lesage, Elsa Morante, Nikolai Ostrovsky, and Kobayashi Issa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Zeb-un-Nissa ranks 6. Before her are Louis XIV of France, Maria Theresa of Spain, Shunzhi Emperor, Nicolas Malebranche, and Nicolas Steno. After her are Emperor Go-Sai, Catherine of Braganza, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Elisabetta Sirani, Meindert Hobbema, and James Gregory. Among people deceased in 1702, Zeb-un-Nissa ranks 2. Before her is William III of England. After her are Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Jean Bart, Olaus Rudbeck, Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, John Benbow, and Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zeb-un-Nissa ranks 129 out of 1,861. Before her are A. R. Rahman (1966), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835), Samudragupta (335), Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Pete Best (1941), and Ravi Shankar (1920). After her are Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Kim Philby (1912), Radha (null), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), and Ramanuja (1017).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Zeb-un-Nissa ranks 15. Before her are Jim Corbett (1875), Tulsidas (1532), Savitribai Phule (1831), William Makepeace Thackeray (1811), Meera (1498), and Premchand (1880). After her are Vātsyāyana (300), Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551), Basava (1134), Lawrence Durrell (1912), Sarojini Naidu (1879), and Tukaram (1608).

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