In what is widely seen as a pioneering work, Ruby Lal explores Mughal domestic life and feminine actions vital to the Mughal Empire. Aligning with feminist interventions in Ottoman and Safavid histories, she remaps the traditional Orientalist pictures of the Mughal haram and reveals a complex society in which noble men and women negotiated their daily public-political affairs while on the road, and in inner chambers and outer courts. About the Author: RUBY LAL is an acclaimed historian of India and Professor of South Asian History at Emory University. Her recent biography, Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan (2018) was a Finalist in History for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Biography. In what is widely seen as a pioneering work, Ruby Lal explores Mughal domestic life and feminine actions vital to the Mughal Empire. Aligning with feminist interventions in Ottoman and Safavid histories, she remaps the traditional Orientalist pictures of the Mughal haram and reveals a complex society in which noble men and women negotiated their daily public-political affairs while on the road, and in inner chambers and outer courts. About the Author: RUBY LAL is an acclaimed historian of India and Professor of South Asian History at Emory University. Her recent biography, Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan (2018) was a Finalist in History for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and won the Georgia Author of the Year Award in Biography.