amirs

It is not collected by the State (a concept foreign to Islam) but rather by a larger system of amirs which is not monopolistic.

Attack the System 2009

It is not collected by the State (a concept foreign to Islam) but rather by a larger system of amirs which is not monopolistic.

Attack the System Sean Jobst 2009

It was enough to have been born male—whether to a wife or to a concubine—and to have a steady hand on the sword, a heart unmoved by excessive sympathy, and a voice fluent enough in diplomacy to court the backing of the powerful amirs.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

It had all been very correct and official—just as Shah Jahan noticed and granted royal favor to the progeny of his other amirs, so too he had done for Najabat Khan.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

If the amirs wished to drink, they did so in their homes, in the safety of their zenanas —even the public houses had been shut.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

Around the lake, the many golden lamps illuminating the havelis of the amirs cast their speckled reflections on the calm water, the light flowing into darkness in the arms of the mountains and turning silver-blue in the stars of the sky.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

Think, Bapa, the boys are so young and likely to be easily led by the amirs at court.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

“Bapa is in conference with the amirs, beta,” Jahanara said.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

The tent was filled to thronging—all the important amirs at court, the mullas and Hindu priests, Buddhist and Jain monks, the Jesuit cleric Father Busée, who presided over the church in Agra that Emperor Jahangir had allowed the Portuguese to build.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

The amirs had just returned from their nightly audience with Emperor Shah Jahan, and this girl had come almost at their heels, so behind her a straight line of torches still blazed into the sky delineating the route to the Diwan-i-am.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010