The Begum and the Dastan
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The Begum and the Dastan

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SPECIFICATION: Publisher : Tranquebar By : Tarana Husain Khan Cover : Paperback Language : English Edition : 2021 Pages : ‎ 280 pages Weight : 220 g Size : 14 x 1.78 x 21.6 cm ISBN-10 : 9389152607 ISBN-13 : 978-9389152609 DESCRIPTION:  In 1897 in the princely state of Sherpur, Feroza Begum, beautiful and wilful, defies her family to attend the sawani celebrations at Nawab Shams Ali Khan's Benazir Palace. Feroza is kidnapped and detained in the Nawab’s glittering harem, her husband is forced to divorce her, and her family disowns her. Reluctantly, Feroza marries the Nawab, and is compelled to negotiate the glamour and sordidness of the harem.In the bazaar chowk, Kallan Mirza, a skilled dastango, spins a hauntingly familiar tale of a despotic sorcerer, Tareek Jaan, and his grand illusory city, the Tilism-e-Azam, where women are confined in underground basements. As Kallan descends deeper into an opium addiction, the boundaries of fantasy and reality begin to blur.And in the

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