Bibi Fatima and the King’s Sons

72 who dragged her children (3 sons and 1 daughter) with her wherever she went seeking to save the life of her husband. She went to the Fraternity of Misericodia in Goa, to the ambassador of king Adel Shah of Persia, to the nobles and clerics, to the judges who made the decision against Turan Shah. She wanted to stop the execution of her husband, but all her efforts were in vain. * She then had to take her protest to the streets with her children behind her. She screamed: “I am Bibi Fatima, wife of Turan Shah. I protest against my husband’s sentence. His enemies had set him up. Among them are those who contested his claim to the throne of Hormuz. It is a personal vendetta.My husband was shoved in jail without investigation. The judges of the High Court ruled in his case without jurisdiction or consideration to my husband’s status. They sentenced him to death without enough evidence.” The streets were swarmed with angry

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