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usurper, but without avail.” The treacherous and 
heartless son now incarcerated the Emperor his 
father within the walls of his own fortress of Agra, 
with the assurance that death alone would free him 
from his confinement. 
The dethroned Emperor was not, however, altogether 
without consolation in his imprisonment. He sur- 
vived his downfal about seven years, during which 
period he was tenderly cheered and supported by the 
companionship of his favourite daughter, the cele- 
brated Begum Jehanari, who displayed the fulness 
of her filial affection by voluntarily sharing her 
fathers fallen state and loss of liberty. History 
describes this extraordinary princess as being of sur- 
passing beauty, and no less distinguished by her 
excellent wit, her never-failing courage, and a bene- 
volence of heart which was only equalled by her 
virtue and constancy. The freshness of her youth 
was devoted to the consolation of her spirit-broken 
father, and to the study of science and elegant lite- 
rature ; while the extent of her religious knowledge 
and experience is the favorite theme of her admiring 
historians. The building of the Moti Musjid is said 
to have been suggested by this lovely princess to her 
father, “ with the double motive of diverting his mind 
from his afflictions, and of raising a memorial of his 
piety which should not only induce others to follow 
his holy mode of life, but furnish them with the 
opportunity of performing their religious obligations.”* 
* Ferishta’s History. 
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