55 “She was silent,” Badruddin responded. “Silence gives consent,” the king said. “Let them be married.” Bibi Fatima was then married off to the son of the king of Hormuz, Feroz Shah. Although it was expected that a son would succeed his father as king, Feroz Shah was the son of bond woman. His rights compared to the rest of the king’s sons were somehow of a special nature. In some strange way, they possessed what their father had possessed, that is, they owned Feroz’s mother since their father had not granted her her freedom. At the same time, Bibi Fatima was the daughter of the king’s brother-in-law and the sister of the high-ranking wazir in whose hands was all the government powers including the judiciary, implementation of justice and control of the finances to the highest degree. Feroz Shah insisted on consummating his marriage to Bibi Fatima who kept procrastinating and pretending to be unwell. Eventually, it was decided that she should move to her husband’s within only one week. Bibi Fatima reacted swiftly. She sent a number
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