Myth about Akbar banning mughal princess marriages
There is no concrete evidence that Akbar banned mughal princess weddings.May be he was not for wedding outside the royal family.
Jahangir's daugter Bihar Banu Begum was married to Daniyals son(Akbars 3rd son) Prince Tahmuras in the 20th year of Jahangirs reign after Akbar death(Tuzuki Hadi's continuation pg 400).
Even Aurangazebs daughters were only married to thier cousin within the royal family.
Only Shahjahans daughters remained unmarried because he killed all the male members of the royal family except his sons.
Akbar was an affectionate father and grandfather which is revealed in Akbarnama and Jahangirnama.
Akbar married his sister Bakshi Banu Begum to Sharufuddin hussain (belonging to timur lineage-Akbarnama) and his eldest daughter Shahzada Kanam to Mofazar Khan(his uncle Kamrans grandson).His second daughter Shakaru-i-n-nisa was married to Sharukh Mirza and had a happy life.
His 3rd unmarried daughter Aram Banu Begum was left under the care of Jahangir.Akbars affection towards her is very much revealed in Tuzuk-i-jahangiri.
Akbars 1st grand daughter Sultan Nissar Begum (Jahangir daughter and Khushrao own sister) had a tomb constructed forn her at khushrao bagh. But she changed her decision later and she was buried in Akbar's tomb at Sikander at her own request.She was not interested in getting buried near her own father. She never married because of Khusrau rebellion and favouritism of Jehangir towards Nur Jahan and her family members. I guess no one bothered to get her married.
Akbars 2 daughters were buried in his tomb at thier own will.This shows the affection they had for Akbar.Jehangir's daughter's are also buried next to her grandfather Akbar as per their will.
The ban was a rumour among the lower masses in Shahjahans times when only Jahanara and Roshnara Begum were prominent.It was the sin committed by Shahjahan that made his daughters remain unmarried.
Note: Akbar seems to be a great father and grandfather to his daughter and grand daughters that many of them wanted to be buried next to him. Two of his daughters and two of Jehangir's(Jehangir had only 2 own daughters) were buried in akbar tomb as per their wish. Isn't it thoughtful to know that Jehangir's daughters(both) did not want to be buried with their father? And neither did Shah Jahan's daughters want to be buried with their father?
Shows that both Jehangir and Shah Jahan did not bother about their daughters welfare or care for them like a father should do !!!!!!!!!!! Jehangir only bothered about Nur Jahan and her family(although she was not mother of his children) and Shah Jahan killed all male members of roayl family thus not leaving any grooms for his daughters. I think Auragnzeb is better he married Dara Sukoh's son to his daughter(Jahanara convinced Dara Sukoh son to marry) and Dara Sukoh's daughter(who was just 5 years old when her dad was murdered) was married off to Aurgangzeb son Azam Shah who became next emperor.
Edited by myviewprem - 11 years ago
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