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Powerful women in the Mughal dynasty

Putting the spotlight on the women behind the throne.

BBC Uzbek puts the royal women of India's Mughal dynasty centre stage for a series of programmes about three powerful women in the life of the first emperor, Babur. Editor Diloram Ibrahimova takes us back to the 16th century and the city of Andijan in today’s Uzbekistan.

Image: Davlat Esan Begum, Emperor Babur's grandmother. Artist Isomiddin Eshonqulov.
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