Shahr Bano Begum

Beeti Kahani (The Story of What Befell Me)

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Shahr Bano Begum

Shahr Bano Begum's Beeti Kahani, the life story of a princess of Pataudi written in the 1880s for her English pupil Miss Fletcher: her birth and splendid marriage into the house of Jhajjar, the Mutiny of 1857 and the ruin of Jhajjar, a harsh mother-in-law, a spendthrift husband, the deaths of her husband and all her children, debts, lawsuits and pension petitions, and a bitter breach with her own mother. Complete Urdu text (Wikisource) and a facing English translation, with introduction and glossary. Cite as: Shahr Bano Begum, Beeti Kahani, tr. urduintranslation.com (2026), https://www.urduintranslation.com/works/beeti-kahani. The first two chapters are free to read.

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