CHAPTER VI 



GARDENS or THE PLAINS — LAHORE 



Sweet is this Garden, through envy of it the Tulip is spotted, 

 The Rose of the Sun and the Moon form its beautiful lamps. 



Mughal Garden Motto. 



Lahore, the northern city, seems above all 

 others the special capital of the Emperor Jahangir 

 and his Queen, Nur-Jahan, the Light of the 

 World, who at one time ruled the so-called 

 World-Conqueror, and through him the entire 

 Empire of the Mughals. 



Her name was even joined with his on the 

 Imperial coinage, and the inscription declared 

 that gold had acquired a new value since " Nur- 

 Jahan " appeared on it. But Jahangir can 

 easily be forgiven for this abrupt departure from 

 Oriental precedent — for the coin marked the 

 triumph of a life-long love. 



Their story has been often told. To this day 

 Indian women delight to tell it, lamenting the 



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