![]() He had fallen in love with her, and negotiated with Mir Khalil to give her to him. Her musical skills and charms captivated Aurangzeb. ![]() Here he saw Zainabadi, who had come there with the other slaves of Khan-i-Zaman's wife (the Prince's maternal aunt), and was jumping up to pluck a mango from the tree. In 1652 or 1653, during his vice royalty of the Deccan, the prince went with the ladies of his harem to the garden of Zainabad, Burhanpur, named Ahu-khanah (Deer Park). It was only in Aurangzeb's reign that he became subahdar of Khandesh. He was sent to the Deccan as Chief of the Artillery in the 23rd year of Shah Jahan, 1649–50. Mir Khalil was the son-in-law of Asaf Khan, and was successively surnamed Muftakhar Khan, Sipahdar Khan, and Khan-i-Zaman. She was a slave girl of Mir Khalil, and had been a singing and dancing girl. ![]() Life ĭescribed as the 'darling of Aurangzeb's youth', Zainabadi Mahal was a Kashmiri Hindu, abandoned by her parents and sold in the market. 1654 ) was a concubine of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Zainabadi Mahal ( Persian: زين آبادی محل born Hira Bai died c. ![]()
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