Habba khatoon
Habba Khatoon(1554 - 1609) was a 16th-century Kashmiri mystic-poet and ascetic, who is also known as 'Nightingale of Kashmir'. She was born in the small village Chandrahar (Chandhaur) just outsideSemporain presentJammu and Kashmirstate, and was known under the nameZoon(the Moon) because of her immense beauty until her marriage withYusuf Shah Chak, who later became ruler of Kashmir, after which she was called Habba Khatoon. When her husband was captured by Mughal emperorAkbartaken away to Bengal never to return, she became an ascetic.[1][2]Her neglected tomb lies near Athwajan on theJammu-Srinagar national highway. Biography *.Habba Khatoon: the nightingale of Kashmir, by S. N. Wakhlu. South Asia Publications, 1994.ISBN 8174330054.Habba Khatun was a 16th-century Muslim poet from the village of Chandrahar of Kashmir. She was born in the smallvillage Chandrahar, and was known under the name Zoon (the Moon) because of her immense beauty until her marriage with Yusuf Shah Cha
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