Islamic History Month Talk

A Dynasty of Muslim Women – Begums, Books, and Buildings

Sunday, October 16, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Speaker: Adjunct Professor H. Masud Taj

For registration and Zoom link: omwo2001@gmail.com

Topic: Between 1819 and 1926, four women ruled over the princely state of Bhopal, India. The Nawab Begums were capable administrators, their piety and nobility undiminished by public life as they checkmated opponents, authored books, and patronized monuments.

Speaker: H Masud Taj is an Adjunct Professor at Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism and affiliated faculty at the: Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. His writings can be accessed on Academia (tiny.cc/taj)