But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. In Equal of the Sun, Anita Amirrezvani’s gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, and love in the royal court of Iran, she brings one such woman to life, Princess Pari Khan Khanoom Safavi. They are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world, who formed alliances, served as key advisers to rulers, lobbied for power on behalf of their sons, and ruled in their own right. Legendary women-from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth I to Mary, Queen of Scots-changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth-century England.
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