The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Jan Sahib

JAN SAHIB, a Hindoo poetess, born at Furruckabad in 1820. She received a superior education, and became proficient in letters, in music, and in the Persian language. She published in 1846 at Lucknow, where she resides, a collection of poems (Divan), which are greatly admired by her countrymen.