I saw the dearest little maharanee blazing in magnificent jewels and looking so scared, and shy, and sweet.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas
A native Queen or maharanee rules Parigi from her bamboo palace in the deepest recesses of the adjacent palm-forest, but she is invisible to her subjects, and dwells in the seclusion of purdah, possibly a relic of Indian origin.
"Through the Malay Archipelago"
Emily Richings
Let that be for a pledge between us-for a sign-or a token of my oath that on the day I am Maharajah Howrah, you are maharanee-mistress of all the jewels in the treasure-house!"
"Rung Ho!"
Talbot Mundy