Favorite Mughal Emperor

[the_kaur]

Re: Favorite Mughal Emperor

@muqawwee123

I think it was during Akbar’s tenure when marriages between Hindu- Muslims (without conversion of faith) started which is against the rules of Shari’a. Akbar also married Hindu girls including Rajkumari Jodha Bai… It is also said that after some years of Akbar’s death Rajput / Jaat tribes raided his tomb at Fatehpur Sikri, excavated his body from grave and burnt that as per Hindu traditions. Pohunchi wohin pe khaak jahan ka khameer tha

in Indian academia, it is debated that jodha bai was buried in a tomb named tomb of mariam us zamani near agra. it is also suspected that it is the tomb of jodha bai

@Faris_Udeen

To begin with yes the Turkish system of rule was to split the kingdom between sons. Unfortunately this had died out in the late Middle ages. My namesake Sultan Salim the Grim was well known for murdering everyone who got in his way to the throne, including his brothers and uncles. In India the Turkic dynasties that ruled in the time before the Mughals up to Ibrahim Lodi all somehow managed to choose succesors with as little bloodshed as possible. Though generally the rule of the Steppes from the the time of Ghengis Khan was that the whoever had the power or wisdom to take the throne could do so. Hence for centuries these dynastys witnessed brutal power strugles. Incidentally the Mughals in thier earliest days almost had thier empire fall in on itself. Kamran who was the second eldest son of Babur and closest in age to Humayun was more than prepared to fight it out after his fathers passing. Babur was lucky however that after he passed from this World his elder sister Khanzeenat Khatun kept check on Kamran who would govern Kabul and the Northern regions… while Humayun was free to rule the area of Hindustan from Delhi. Oh indeed The history that is taught in schools is merely the tip of the iceberg. The Mughals were a truly most colourfull dynasty. I still think Babur wins as the greatest of them all though the mere fact he took the mantle of his father at the age of 12 and in some aspects had a determination greater than Timur and perhaps even Ghengis means that he for me was and is still the Greatest of all the Mughals.

incidentally India now follows Turkic rule of succession in case of personal property, in Hindu rule of succession generally the eldest and most eligible son gets the throne and he has to keep offspring of his brother safe and sound, which is now not followed in India In Central Board of Secondary Education in India, class seven history is dedicated to medival India, akbar gets one full chapter, it starts from Slave dynasty and ends with the fall of mughal

@muqawwee123

Ok.. Humayon (second emperor of Mughal Dynasty) lost his Indian territories to Sher Shah Suri and regained that after 15 years with the help of Persia (Iran). Sher Shah Suri during could survive only 5 years after gaining control over Indian territory, but in those 5 years he proved him as great administrator. GT Road which stretches across the breadth of South Asia from Sonargaon in Bangladesh to Peshwar in Pakistan is the example of his great abilities. I personally like Sher Shah Suri more than any Mughal emperor.

the widow of Rana Sanga of mewar, who died after being seriously wounded in Battle of Khanwa against Babar sent Rakhi to shenshah nasiruddin humayun to save her from sher shah suri, to save her sister humayun form shershah, humayun lost battle of chausa and has to flee to persia, as far as I remember he converted to shia to get help from Persian king. shershah suri aka farid khan had killed tiger with his knife and babar had warned humayun of this slave, he reconstructed Uttar Paath made by maurya king samrat ashok back to full working condition. Uttar path ran from calcutta via patliputra, modernday patna, the capital of mauryan kingdom to Purushpur, modern day peshawar. Improved the system of administration, his unfortunate death became an opportunity for Humayun to recapture the throne. Humayun zindagi bhar ladkhadata raha aur akhir mein ladkhadakar girne se uski maut hui

@Southie

Thanks Faris. Very informative, as always. I can now understand why Akbar’s ways may have rubbed conservative mussalmans the wrong way. I did not know what Deen -e- ilahi meant. I assume it means I (Akbar) am Deen or God?

Deen e ilahi was new religion it was mixture of both hindu and muslim belief, it included worshiping fire and sun too, actually Akbar wanted to become prophet of the new religion, he hardly had few follower including Pandit Birbal. Akbar was not the first one to initiate practice of sijdah for shenshah, Sultan Balban of Slave dynasty was the first one