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Abstract

This research is concerned with feminism and feminism is not only an age or area-specific movement rather it is a general movement that fights for the social, political and economic rights of women in the whole world. Khan has written about the falling condition of women showing how they were treated in the Harams of different Sultans in princely times in India. The main objective of this study is to explore how individuals get empowerment in a typical, narrow and bound atmosphere of a ‘Nawab’s Harem’. The methodology is based on descriptive and qualitative research. The primary source for research is The Begum and Dastaan by Tarana Hussain Khan supported by critical literary theory, research papers and literary reviews. This research work is limited to The Begum and Dastaan however it paves the way for other researchers to explore the lives of women in particular Harems.