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Nourmahal'
Sultana. The word means Light of the Harcm. She was
afterwards called Nourjehan (Light of the World). In Lalla
Rookh, the tale called The Light of the Harem is this:
Nourmahal was estranged for a time from the love of Selim, son of
Acbar' By the advice of Namouna, she prepares a love-spell, and
appears as a
lute-player at a banquet given by “the imperial Selim.” At the
close of the feast she tries the power of song, and the young sultan
exclaims, “If Nour mahal had sung those strains I could forgive her
all;” whereupon the sultana threw off her mask, Selim “caught her to
his heart,” and, as Nourmahal rested her head on Selim's arm, “she
whispers him, with laughing eyes, `Remember, love, the Feast of Roses.'” (Thomas Moore.)
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