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Zenana (Persian: زنانه, "of the women" or "pertaining to women"; Urdu: زنانہ; Bengali: জেনানা; Hindi: ज़नाना) is the part of a
house belonging to a Muslim...
- has the same
meaning as the
Turkish word
seraglio and the
Persian word
zenana. It is also
similar to the
Sanskrit word anthapura,
meaning ‘the
inner apartment’...
- The
zenana missions were
outreach programmes established in
British India with the aim of
converting women to Christianity. From the mid 19th century,...
- The
Church of
England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS;
founded 1880), also
known as the
Church of
England Zenana Mission, was a
British Anglican missionary...
- the
class of
women ****igned to
protect the
emperor and
inhabitants of the
zenana.
Because the
women of the
Mughal court lived sequestered under purdah, the...
- orphanages, hospitals, and churches, and
spread the
gospel message in
zenanas. "World's
largest religion by po****tion is
still Christianity". Pew Research...
-
andaruni (Persian: اندرونی, lit. 'inside'), and in the
Indian subcontinent as
zenana (Urdu: زنانہ).
Although the
institution has
experienced a
sharp decline...
- the
Jaleb Chowk,
another to the Man
Singh Palace and the
third one to the
Zenana Deorhi on the south. Lion gate The Lion Gate, the
premier gate, was once...
- sandstone, it is on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and
extends to the
Zenana, or women's chambers. Hawa
Mahal is
known as the “palace of winds“. Maharaja...
- in the
Mughal court, were the
female financial officers ****igned to the
zenana. The
majority of the
consolidation of
Mughal court etiquette occurred under...
