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Question is not if Marian uz Zamani was Salim's mother. Marian uz zamani is crown prince mother. And jahangir was crown prince. Question is if Harka Bai was Marian uz Zamani.This thread is dedicated towards digging history and I have quoted the source. I am not shoving it down some one's throat. We can have debate over that. What is wrong with debating? There is a shroud over Jahangir's mother. Historians just call her Muz. There is no 100% confirmed source that Harka was MUZ.

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Love stories and Hyderabad during and after Aurangzeb Interesting reading

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Wow..!!!. That was really a nice read Putija. TFS. :))



By the way,

Friends,

I have got a very interesting Love Story today this Valentine's Day..!!!..

It is about Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb...He fell head over heels for someone at FIRST SIGHT...!!!! .. This post is from 3 contemporary accounts. :))

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PS : It's worth reading. I bet. ! :)

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Hindu epic in a foreign tongue


Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Feb 14, 2015, 09.01 PM IST


Hindu epic in a foreign tongue


Razmnama literally means A Book of War. The text was contemporised; the clothing and architecture depicted the India of the 1500s. A copy was made for Akbar's mother HamidaBanu which is in the possessionof the Birla House.




The Persian translation of the Mahabharata hasn't been opened since 1988, says Jayanthi Madhukar


When septuagenarian Asok Kumar Das talks about The Razmnama his eyes light up; it's his favourite subject and he was in the city, at the Mahua art gallery, recently to talk about it.
In November 1972, Das had a chance to become the Director of the Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II Museum in Jaipur. One of the reasons he accepted the job was because of The Razmnama " an exceptionally gorgeous and significant work of art. Four volumes (40.8 x 23.5 cm) " the Persian translation of the Mahabharata prepared exclusively for Akbar " were preserved in the Museum. Over 350 years old, Akbar's personal copy of The Razmnama is a treasure. Very few have been fortunate enough to see it, as it's been kept from public view. Das, a scholar of Mughal and Rajasthani art and culture, who in his career has been associated with world-class museums like Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, and lately, the Indian Museum, Kolkata, is one of them.
It is said, when Akbar became the Emperor of India, he was interested to know the culture of the land that he ruled. In all probability, Das says, Akbar would have enquired about the Mahabharata and Ramayana. "Akbar may have preferred to read it in his own language which is Persian," Das says. "So, Sanskrit Brahmin scholars would have translated the Mahabharata from Sanskrit to Hindi.Following this, it would have been translated into Persian by Muslim and Persian scholars. More than a literal translation, this was more of a retelling.The royal painters would have been asked to do the paintings."
The Razmnama was commissioned in 1582. There were one lakh shlokas of the Mahabharata."The Razmnama is significant because it was the first time the Mahabharata was picturised," Das says. Until then, scenes from it were sculpted in stone in temples. The Persian copy was a project undertaken by the leading court painters of the time, those who were named in the Akbarnama by Abu Fazl, the official biographer of Akbar.
Importantly, almost all the 168 paintings of The Razmnama had the names of the composer, and the artists written on the margins of the page.Each painting involved two-three people. "After all, this was for Akbar," Das says.
Divinely executed, the miniature style paintings were made with natural colours. For instance, the colour blue was derived by grinding lapis lazuli, a semi-precious stone sourced from Badakhshan Province, the northernmost province of Afghanistan.
When Das became the director of the Museum in Jaipur, the Indo-Pak war broke out and all treasures of the Jaipur Maharaja and of the museum were put away in a vault. "I couldn't see it for more than four-five years," recalls Das, laughing at the irony.
But a visit by the Shahanshah and Shahbanu of Iran in 1978 to Jaipur meant The Razmnama was brought out of the vault. "I got one full day to see it extensively," Das says, "and a few more times in later years."
Recalling how the paintings were so bright "like it was done yesterday", Das wanted very much to take photographs. But permission was denied. The royal family feared that the originality would be lost. "I just couldn't understand why."
When he left the museum in 1988 he obtained permission for black and white pictures of some paintings of The Raznama and just one colour photograph " of a scene where Arjuna strikes the eye of a fish looking at its reflection.
Das rues that he could not get The Razmnama into the public domain. "I could not get The Razmnama published," he laments. Instead, Das has been giving lectures about it. "It is a national treasure," he points out.
He worries about the fact that since 1988, the book has not been opened. He has no idea how The Razmnama is faring. And far away from where it is preserved, he thinks about it "Always...every moment."

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Coins of Akbar Regime


alaluddin Muhammad Akbar(Jalal ud-Din Muhammad Akbar), also known as Shahanshah Akbar-E-Azam, Akbar the Great or Mahabali Shahanshah (15 october 1542 - 27 October 1605), was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Humayun, and the grandson of Babur, the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of his reign in 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of the northern and central India and was one of the most powerful empires of its age.
Akbar was thirteen years old when he ascended the Mughal throne in Delhi, following the death of his father Naseeruddin Muhammad Humayun. During his reign, he eliminated military threats from the powerful Pashtun descendants of Sher Shah Suri, and at the Second Battle of Panipat he defeated the newly self-declared Hindu king Hemu. It took him nearly two more decades to consolidate his power and bring all the parts of northern and central India into his direct realm. He influenced the whole of the Indian Subcontinent as he ruled a greater part of it as an emperor. As an emperor, Akbar solidified his rule by pursuing diplomacy with the powerful Hindu Rajput caste, and by admitting Rajput princesses in his harem.

Akbar's reign significantly influenced art and culture in the country. He took a great interest in painting, and had the walls of his palaces adorned with murals. Besides encouraging the development of the Mughal school, he also patronised the European style of painting. He was fond of literature, and had several Sanskrit works translated into Persian and Persian scriptures translated in Sanskrit apart from getting many Persian works illustrated by painters from his court. During the early years of his reign, he had an intolerant attitude towards Hindus and the other religions, but he exercised great tolerance after he began marriage alliances with Rajput princesses.
His administration included numerous Hindu landlords, courtiers and military generals. He began a series of religious debates where Muslim scholars would debate religious matters with Jains, Sikhs, Hindus, Carvaka atheists, Jews, and Portuguese Roman Catholic Jesuits. He treated these religious leaders with great consideration, irrespective of their faith, and revered them. He even founded a religious cult, the Din-i-Ilahi (Divine Faith), which included the teachings of all the major religions of the world but it amounted only to a form of personality cult for Akbar and started dissolving after his death
Humayun was succeeded by his minor son, Akbar. on Friday, the 14th of February, 1556 A.D. He had experienced so many viccissi-tudes of fortune during the days of his father that he gained practical experience of ruling a kingdom beyond his age. He appointed Bairam Khan, his father's loving and loyal friend, as the Prime Minister and entrusted him with the regency. By 1575 A.D., Akbar had expanded his empire from the borders of Central Asia to Assam in the east, to the Vindhya mountains in the south and to Gujarat in the west. When he was 35, he became the master of the great empire of India. Akbar ruled for a long period of 50 years. He struck silver
Shahrukhi and dumpy copper coins similar to those issued by his predecessors. He also continued Sher Shah's silver rupiyah coins. His gold coins weighing 11 mashas (about 170 grains) were Known as "muhar". Silver Shahrukhis of 72 grains weight and silver rupiyahs 198 grains in weight had a great circulation. His copper coins of 330 grains weight were known as "dam". 40 dams were equal to 1 silver rupiyah and 9 rupiyahs were equal to 1 muhar in value.
Akbar also struck gold muhars which had a value of 10 and 12 rupiyahs. He brought innovation in his coins He was the first Mughal emperor who issued fractional coins in gold, silver and copper. Silver rupiyah coins were struck in three denominations, viz.. 1, 1/2 and 1/4. of a rupiyah. His copper coins in the denomination of 1/2 were known as nasfi. 1/4 as dam and 1/8 part as damn or damdi Akbar also struck heavy copper coins of 632 to 644 grains weight which were known as "Tanka" Inscription on these coins was simple The obverse of the coin carried only two words""Tanka Akbari" and the reverse showed the llahi year. Fractional tanka coins In 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 denominations were popular.
Akbar brought about a change in the shape of his coins. He issued gold, silver and copper coins in round, square, rectangular and mihrabi shapes. He was the only Mughal emperor who issued 26 types (varieties) of gold coins. Some popular gold coins to name are"Emperor. Rahas. Atmah. Binsat, Jugul, Lalejalali, Aftabi, llahi, Lale Jalahi. Adalgutka, Maherabi. Muini, Gird, Dhan, Salimi. Man, Samni, Kala. Rabi The Shahenshah gold coin weighed 102 tolas Most of these were commemorative coins His name was struck on Shahrukhi silver coins either with and without titles on the reverse, which read as Jalaluddin Muhar

Coins of Akbar era Title Akbar Copper Dam Later Issue Akbar Copper Damri Akbar Copper Damra Akbar Copper Nisfi Akbar Copper Dam Akbar Copper Tanki Akbar Copper 2 Tanki Akbar Copper 4 Tanki Akbar Copper 1/4 Dam
Akbar Silver 1/10 Rupee
Akbar Silver 1/8 Rupee
Akbar Silver 1/4 Rupee
Akbar Silver 1/2 Rupee
Akbar Silver 1/2 Misqal
Akbar Silver 1/2 Unit
Akbar Silver Unit
Akbar Silver Rupee
Akbar Gold 1/10 Mohur
Akbar Gold Mohur Akbar Gold Heavy 1/2 Mohur Akbar Gold Heavy Mohur

Akbar Copper Tanka

MUGHAL EMPIRE JALAL-UD-DIN-MUHAMMAD AKBAR 16 Tanka (Hammered Dump Coinage) Description * Metal: Copper * Weight: 6.55 gms * Mint : Three Mints * Obv : Tanka Akbar * Rev : Mint name, Ilahi date * Shape : Square SL NO MINT ILAHI / AD RY DESCRIPTION KM # 183 Burhanpur IE45 / 1600 1 - 47.2 184 Salimabad IE4x / - - - 47.3 185 Ujjainpur IE45 / 1600 1 - 47.1 186 Ujjainpur IE47 / 1602 3 - 47.1 187 W/o Mint name ND / - - Obv : Kalima Rev : Emperors full name 48.1

MUGHAL EMPIRE JALAL-UD-DIN-MUHAMMAD AKBAR
17	Tanka Description
	* Metal: Copper * Weight: 41.10 gms * Mint : Three Mints	* Obv : Border of dots * Rev : Border of dots * Shape : Round
SL NO	MINT	ILAHI / AD	RY	DESCRIPTION	KM #
212	Ahmadabad	IE45 / 1600	1	-	38.2
213	Ahmadabad	IE46 / 1601	2	-	38.2
214	Bairata	IE48 / 1603	4	-	38.3
215	Bairata	IE50 / 1605	6	-	38.3
216	Gobindpur	IE45 / 1600	1	-	38.5
217	Gobindpur	IE46 / 1601	2	-	38.5
218	Gobindpur	IE47 / 1602	3	-	38.5

Akbar Gold Heavy Mohur

MUGHAL EMPIRE JALAL-UD-DIN-MUHAMMAD AKBAR
1	Heavy Mohur Description
	* Metal: Gold * Weight: 12.2 gms * Mint : Two Mints	* Obv : Duck, Ornamented field * Rev : Hawk to right * Shape : Round
SL NO	MINT	ILAHI / AD	RY	DESCRIPTION	KM #
1	Agra	IE50 / 1605	6	Obv : Duck, Ornamented field	119C.2
2	Agra	IE47 / 1602	3	Obv : Hawk to left, Ornamented field Rev : Mint and Date Leg : 'Allahu Akbar'	119C.3
3	Asir	IE45 /1600	1	Obv : Hawk to right	119C.1

Akbar Gold 1/2 Mohur

MUGHAL EMPIRE JALAL-UD-DIN-MUHAMMAD AKBAR
4	1/2 Mohur Description
	* Metal: Gold * Weight: 5.15 gms * Mint : Two Mints	* Obv : Kalima * Rev : Akbars name and titles * Shape : Round
SL NO	MINT	ILAHI / AD	RY	DESCRIPTION	KM #
25	Agra	IE48 / 1603	4	-	103.1
26	Agra	IE50 / 1605	6	-	103.1
27	Lahore	IE48 / 1603	4	-	103.2
28	Lahore	IE50 / 1605	6	Obv : Sita and Rama Rev : Ilahi and Persian month	104.1