Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 3 of 3 by Michael J. Quin
"Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 3 of 3" by Michael J. Quin is a novel written in the early 19th century. Set in Mughal India, it follows the brilliant yet conflicted Nourmahal amid court intrigue, civil war, and a love that tests her duty to her husband, the valiant subah Shere Afkun, against the allure of Emperor Jehangire. Around her move Prince Chusero, the hermit Zeinedeen, her parents Kazim and Mangeli, and
European missionaries whose faith refracts the story’s politics and passion. The opening of the book traces Nourmahal’s return to the fortress of Kebeer after visiting the hermit Zeinedeen, where she meets three European missionaries who recount the life of the Messiah, even as imperial forces draw near. News that her parents approach brings joy and fear, and an intense exchange with Afkun ends in her confessing her heart leans toward the sultan while vowing her honour; Kanun, a devoted maid secretly in love with Afkun, revives him as he prepares both for siege and negotiation. Jehangire himself visits the hermit, listens to the missionaries, attends their cavern liturgy, and then approves conciliatory peace terms while Bochari stages a grand embassy to the castle. During the lavish reception and masked festivities for Kazim and Mangeli, Zeinedeen suspects treachery in the many palanquins; assassins burst out, gun down the revelers, slay Afkun, and abduct Prince Chusero. In the chaos’s wake, Kanun dies beside her master, and Zeinedeen guides Nourmahal and her parents through the drawbridge to safety. At dawn, shaken and in hiding, they hear the missionaries’ matin hymns and slip into the mountain chapel for solace, where the scene breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Quin, Michael J. (Michael Joseph), 1796-1843 |
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| Title | Nourmahal, an Oriental romance. Vol. 3 of 3 |
| Original Publication | London: Henry Colburn, 1838. |
| Credits | Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Orient -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 78143 |
| Release Date | Mar 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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