Bilingual Lecture Series: Sunil Sharma
One Divan and Multiple Poets: The Strange Case of Makhfi Sunil Sharma Boston University English Lecture Monday, May 4, 2026 at 11:00 am Pacific Time Online via Zoom Registration Required: https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6QTp311ZThKErILePfrBEQ The poet behind the Divan-e Makhfi is thought to have been the Mughal Princess Zebunnisa (d. 1702). However, there are historical and philological problems with this attribution that have been debated by some scholars. While also discussing the problem of authorship of the Divan, this talk will focus on the history of compilation and readership of the text, as it circulated in manuscript and lithographed copies, and came to be considered as...