begums

From begums and bibis to abandoned females and idle women: sexual relationships, venereal disease and the redefinition of prostitution in early nineteenth-century India

Special Issue: Personal Law, Identity Politics and Civil Society in Colonial South Asia Mary L. Dudziak 2009

After all, it was the United States (plus Europe) that wanted the two begums out of power, permanently.

The Logos of Bangladesh 2009

In an attempt to “disappear” these women from any future political leadership role, the government implemented its “minus the two begums (ladies)” goal by attempting to prevent Sheikh Hasina from returning to the country and force Khaleda Zia into exile in Saudi Arabia.

Bangladesh, Women and Democracy 2008

Nor Aurengzebe, who made his marches, seated on a throne flashing with gold and rich brocades, and borne on the shoulders of men; while his princesses and favorite begums followed in all the pomp and glory of the seraglio, nestled in delicious pavilions curtained with massy silk, and mounted on the backs of stately elephants of Pegu and Martaban.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

Her name danced in illustrious company; here were dukes and earls and viscounts; a sprinkling of the foreign element: begums, emirs, the nation's guests.

Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham

House of Commons upon the charge relative to the begums of Oude probably excelled anything that Burke achieved, as a dazzling performance abounding in the most surprising literary and rhetorical effects.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Were they princesses, or runaway Indian begums, or what?

Three Margarets Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

"I hear that the English are being driven out of the country, and that the rajahs and begums are going to call the land their own once more."

Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East George Manville Fenn 1870

Sheikh Hasina sold out Bangla interest to India: Zia war of words between Bangladesh's 'battling-begums' intensified premier Khaleda Zia terming the Indo-Bangla pacts signed during

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From the Bhuttos of Pakistan and the Gandhis of India to the Koiralas of Nepal, the Bandaranaikes of Sri Lanka and the begums of Bangladesh, dynastic succession has flourished in this part of the world.

The Times of India 2010