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Iffat-ul-Musalimat Iffat-ul-Musalimat: Pg. #31

Rekhta Foundation

Rekhta Foundation
Noida, India

"Jahanara Begum (daughter of emperor Shahjahan), was an able lady of great scholastic disposition. Once, she went out for a visit in the garden. An errant Iranian poet called Meer Saidi Tehrani who had concealed himself in a corner kept watching her movement. When Begum’s elephant happened to pass the spot where he was hiding, he recited this couplet:
burqa ba rukh afgand baro naaz ba baaghash
ta nikhat-e-gul bekhta aayed ba dimaaghash
You go to the garden in burqa to get the fragrance of flower in a filtered form. The Begum ordered that the poet be presented before her with courtesy. She asked him to recite his couplet and gave him a prize of rupees five thousand."

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  • Title: Iffat-ul-Musalimat Iffat-ul-Musalimat: Pg. #31
  • Rights: Rekhta Foundation, Rekhta Foundation
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