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'''Nagmati''' was, according to legend, the first wife and chief queen<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shobha|first1=Savitri Chandra|title=Medieval India and Hindi bhakti poetry: a socio-cultural study|date=1996|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|page=77|isbn=9788124103678|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN9zAAAAIAAJ&q=nagmati+chief+queen|language=en}}</ref> of King Ratan Sen (identified with [[Ratnasimha]]), the [[Rajput]] ruler of Medapata (present-day [[Mewar]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sen|first1=Sailendra Nath|title=Ancient Indian history and civilization|date=1999|publisher=New Age International|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788122411980|page=338|edition=Second}}</ref> Nagmati plays an important role in [[Malik Muhammad Jayasi]]'s epic poem ''[[Padmavat]]''.<br />
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==''In Padmavat''==<br />
In ''Padmavat'', an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Metcalf|first1=Barbara D.|title=Islam in South Asia in Practice|date=2009|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton|isbn=9781400831388|page=63}}</ref> Nagmati is said to have been King Ratan Sen's first wife and chief queen, the head of his [[harem]].{{sfn|Jackson|1996|p=428}} She awaits happily as her husband returns home to [[Chittor]], but the happiness turns to jealousy and contempt when she hears that he has taken a second wife, [[Rani Padmini|Padmavati]], the beautiful princess of the [[Sinhala Kingdom]]. Ratan Sen assures an insecure Nagmati that as his first wife, she is still the most dear to him.{{sfn|Jackson|1996|p=430}}<br />
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Nagmati and Padmavati develop a rivalry of sorts, each vying for their husband's attention and love. Initially, Ratan Sen placates them by spending nights with them alternately, but then establishes peace by reprimanding them.{{sfn|Ramya Sreenivasan|2007|p=208}} After arriving in Chittor, the news of Padmavati's beauty reaches [[Alauddin Khilji]], the [[Sultan]] of [[Delhi]]. His demand that she is handed over to him is refused, whereupon he marches to and besieges Chittor. Alauddin captures Ratan Sen in a deceitful manner and takes him back to Delhi as a prisoner. Ratan Sen is later able to escape with his two faithful warriors - Gora and Badal. Shortly afterwards, Ratan Sen is defeated by deceit and killed in a battle against King Deopal of [[Kumbhalgarh]]. Both Nagmati and Padmavati commit ''[[jauhar]]'' (the [[Hindu]] custom of mass self-immolation) along with other women of the fort after Ratan Sen's death to protect their honour from Alauddin Khilji, who successfully conquers Chittor Fort.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jafri|first1=compiled by Saiyid Zaheer Husain Jafri, Syed Hasan Muzzamil|title=Essays on literature, history & society : selected works of Professor Syed Naqi Husain Jafri|date=2010|publisher=Primus Books|location=Delhi|isbn=978-8190891851|page=49}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
*Nagmati is portrayed by [[Anupriya Goenka]] in the Indian historical film ''[[Padmaavat]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Padmavati: The mystery of Ghoomar's unknown woman solved. This is who she is|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/padmavati-the-mystery-of-ghoomar-s-unknown-woman-solved-this-is-who-she-is/story-vUPjhb3fnUwuOPUaN7nKJP.html|access-date=11 November 2017|work=The Hindustan Times|date=28 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> <br />
Jayasi in his Padmavat impressively illustrate the pain of separation of the Queen Nagmati in "''Nagmati Viyog Khand''", which is remarkable in Hindi literature.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Guida M.|title=Encyclopedia of literary epics|date=1996|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif. [u.a.]|isbn=9780874367737|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofli00guid}}<br />
* {{cite book |author=Ramya Sreenivasan|authorlink=Ramya Sreenivasan |title=The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen: Heroic Pasts in India C. 1500–1900 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GiSUwULkK64C |year=2007 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-98760-6 }}<br />
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