Book Cover: Hayaat-e-Zeb Un Nissa

A benevolent figure for her subjects, she was often at the receiving ends of many speculations regarding her romantic alliances. The fact that she never married added fuel to the fire. It is said that Aurangzeb would keep a watchful eye on her daughter at all times to catch her in the act. Constantly watched, perpetually deprived and ultimately enchained, Zeb-un-Nissa's life was as distressing as her poetry was soothing.