Raffat Zamani Begum

Raffat Begum: How a begum’s emergence from the harem changed the lives of Rampur’s women

Raffat Begum was a gifted poet and wrote with the pen name ‘Asmat’ and took advice from Azhar Inayati, a renowned poet of Rampur. She also wrote several barsaati folk songs celebrating monsoons as did Nawab Raza.