Nur Jahan

"On the grave of this poor stranger, let there be neither lamp nor rose, Let neither butterfly's wing burn nor nightingale sing."

"Fate had decreed that she should be the Queen of the World and the Princess of the Time."

"I saw now the faction, but was irresolute what to do... [for I feared that] the Power of a wife, a sonne, and a favorite, would produce revenge."

"Day by day her influence and digniy increased... No gramt of lands was conferred upon any woman except under he seal... Sometimes she would sit in the balcony of her palace, whle the nobles would present themselves, and listen to her dictates. Coin was struck in her name... [and] on all Farmans also receiving the Imperial signature, the name of "Nur Jahan", the "Queen Begum", was jointly attached. [Until] at last he authority reached such a pass that the King was such only in name."