"On the grave of this poor stranger, let there be neither lamp nor rose, Let neither butterfly's wing burn nor nightingale sing."
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epitaph on Nur Jahan's tomb, translated by Wheeler Thackston, quoted in "Nur Jahan", p. 275
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Nur Jahan
Nur Jahan (born Mehr-un-Nissa, 31 May 1577 – 18 December 1645) was the twentieth (and last) wife of the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
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