Nurmahali dress is an inexpensive wedding dress with brocade, the introduction of which has been attributed to Nur Jahan (1577–1645). She designed many dresses; the Noormahali marriage dress was one of them. The dress was for poor people, a set for bride and brides groom was priced at only 25 rupees.[1][2][3][4] The dress is still in use.[5]
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edit- ^ Findly, Ellison Banks (1993-03-25). Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India. Oxford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-19-536060-8.
- ^ Misra, Rekha (1967). Women in Mughal India, 1526-1748 A.D. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 122. ISBN 978-81-215-0347-1.
- ^ "Malika V: Nur Jahan - AramcoWorld". www.aramcoworld.com. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-28.
- ^ Ojha, P. N. (1979). Glimpses of Social Life in Mughal India. Classical Publications. p. 21.
- ^ ''In the chapter he devotes to the empress, he notes that she bestowed gifts of clothing, jewels, horses, elephants, and cash ... designed an inexpensive style of wedding dress, still used today by brides of poorer families and called a Nur Mahali.'' Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jehanbooks.google.co.in › books Ruby Lal · 2018https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Empress/ijpnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Nurmahali+dress&pg=PT116&printsec=frontcover
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