Originally posted by: KDR81
Really?...the sentence formation gave a different Idea..!!.π
And this reality check was for the fact that u must know that he did NOT marry her...Not a real "Nikaah"...
And BTW , Akbar was NOT that Gaya Guzraa to get a divorced woman into his Harem only for her beauty...π
Hope from now on this issue RIP.π₯±
This DS has rattled the forum for the last 2 days.π
Don't know why so much importance to her.?.π
Also, as cleared on previous pages that
Akbar DID NOT have 5000 concubines.π€’
Let me give a piece of
REALITY CHECK.
How things are blown out of proportion by the so-called "morons" like E*a*y and
other foreign authors, who write any non-sense in their books, hatching any new story, and on top of that
certain people follow them,ππ and spread these false news every where. π
Before speaking, should think once..!..
I agree
no one is perfect, BUT, Atleast DO NOT, badnaamofy Akbar
on false grounds.
OK. The final issue:This issue of 5000 concubines aroused from Digital Media and some books,
who "claim" that Abul Fazl mentioned this in his accounts.π€’ This is
another creation by the
GM of the Digital Media, and then blown out of proportion by
"so-called MODERN historians".
Abul Fazl DID
Not say that these are concubines.
Even though he puts the number at 5000, but that is again not in a literal sense, and he does
NOT say these are concubines. Going by the size of the Imperial Seraglio, this number is
vastly exaggerated by Abul Fazl, just for showing the "might / praise" of His Majesty.π
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And, if you read gov. accounts, this issue is clearly sorted out there. That, Fazl has given a highly exaggerated number. π
Ref:
Page-40
Fatehpur sikri archive
By Archaelogical Survey of India
Gov of India
Published by
The Director General
Archaelogical Survey of India
New Delhi, 2002
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Actually, Abul Fazl said that, they
include the following:
1. Darogahs
2. Superintendents
3. Writers of Harem
4. Accountant of Cash
5. Accountant of Stores
6. Taha-wil-daars
7. General Treasurers
8. Sub - Taha-wil-daars
9. Eunuchs for guard
10. Other Administrators
11. Cooks
12. Menials
π₯±
Finally, add to this : 13. Foster mothers
14. Foster sisters
15. Own wives
16. So called "other" wives
17. Other Royal Princesses
18. And, the progeny of ALL above
19. Point to be noted --> "
Each Royal Lady ALSO had Multiple guards / maids".
I Need not write more. Hope the issue is cleared and the
perception of "5000" won't haunt us again.!. And, folks, select sources carefully, for your research.π
For those, who still have a doubt, please read yourself, though i don't want to give this reference, but still giving coz, it was from here the original problem started. π
Ain-e-Akbari, by Abul Fazl, Volume-1, Page-44, Original Persian Translation, By ASB
I hope,those "dejected" friends here,πwho sent me PMs for this "5000" can now feel relaxed.πNeither Akbar had 5000 concubines. Nor he had hundreds of wives. (See comment by KDR81 above.)
Let that soul RIP. Agreed no one is perfect.
π
BUT, Atleast DO NOT take away the "GOOD THINGS" he had to his credit.π
Edited by history_geek - 10 years ago
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