Who is Maharani Jeendan from Flashman and the Mountain of Light: From the Flashman Papers, 1845-46 and what is their importance? Flashman_and_the_Mountain_of_Light English & Literature "Maharani Jeendan | Flashman and the Mountain of Light: From the Flashman Papers

This character provides some of Flashman's greatest pleasures as well as some of the moments of greatest danger in the novel. When Flashman first sees Jeendan, she is drunk and lounging in a state of partial undress. Soon thereafter she begins dancing with the Koh-i-Noor, the world's largest diamond at the time of the story, in her navel. She immediately takes an interest in Flashman, and the two have the first of many intimate encounters with only partial privacy. It is after this initial encounter that the first attempt to kill Flashman is undertaken.