Mahin Banu’s Baby. Written in four vignettes, No. 1. Smoky silhouettes of Mahin Banu’s death lingered for some time in the Moftakhar household, acting and re-acting the events of that solemn day on the walls in a macabre shadow play.  Aware of the chaos that was sure to ensue, Mahin Banu’s eldest sister, Badr al-Zaman,…