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Harka Bai or Jodha Bai
or Hira Kunwar or Mariam -Uz - Zamani, The name is well-known in the
history either as Emperor Akbar's wife or as Jahangir's mother.

<h2>The Early Years Spent in Amer</h2>

Harka Bai (aka Jodha Bai) born on October 1, 1542 in Amer (currently
Jaipur) was the eldest daughter of Bharmal as per historical records.
When she was born she was not a daughter of the King but a cousin to the
King. Ratan Singh, the then King was Bharmal's (Jodha's father)
immediate nephew who had suceeded the throne after his father Bhim
Singh's demisal. At a very young age, Jodha had witnessed the fight for
the succession of the throne as there were lot of political rivalry
between Ratan Singh (the grandson of Prithvi Raj through Rani Apurva
Devi) and Askaran (the grandson of Prithvi Raj through his Tanwar
Queen). However, it finally ended with Askaran killing Ratan Singh and
forcefully sitting on the throne the very next day. Hira Kunwari was
just 6 years old that time. However, Askaran was deposed by the nobles,
following which Jodha's father Bharmal, the fourth son of Prithvi Raj
and Rani Apurva Devi became the Raja of Amer in 1548.

Jodhaa was from the royal family of Rajputs in
Amer. A great singer, she was trained by her brother in war skills.
Jodhaa stood for her sense of justice and self-respect. 'BRAVERY' &
'LOVE' were her valued jewels

Jodha Bai when young was very fond of her step-cousin brother
Surajmal or Suja, who was the direct successor of the Amer throne and
the victim of the political rivalry in the family.

<h2>The Extraordinary Marriage</h2>

The decision of marrying Jodha Bai
to the Mughal King Jallaludin was a political alliance between the King
of Amer and the future Badshah of Hindustaan. However, although the
relation portrays Bharmal as a weak ruler,
it only illustrates Jodha as a strong, gutsy and courageous women who
for her father and kingdom married a Muslim ruler and did not attempt
suicide unlike other RAJPUT women.

The Role in Administration

After she got the title of Mariam-Uz-Zamani she is said to have
politically involved in the administration throughout her life until Nur
Jahan became the empresses. Like all the other important women
of the Mughal court, Jodha aka Mariam-uz-Zamani too started issuing
"farman"- official documents which was generally the elite privilege of
the emperor. She also used her capital and control to build several
wells, gardens and mosques around India.

Later, for taking the relationship of Amer-Agra forward by the next
generation, she at the age of 44 even arranged the marriage of Prince
Salim with her niece Princess Manmati aka Princess Manbhawati (daughter
of Raja Bhagwant Das and sister of Maan Singh). She was the mother of
Jahangir's eldest son Khusrau Mirza, who was blinded by Jahangir himself and killed by Shah Jahan (son of another Rajput wife of Jahangir - Jagat Gosain)

At the age of 71 years old and during the time of Jahangir's rule,
Jodha Bai owned and managed the ships that carried the Haj pilgrims to
and from the holy city of Mecca. In 1the year 1613, Rahimi, one of her
ships carrying 600 to 700 pilgrims was captured by Portuguese pirates
along with the cargo.

When the Portuguese refused to return the passengers and the ship,
the uproar at the Moghul court was very rigorous. It was then Jodha's
son, the Indian emperor Jahangir structured the attack of the Portuguese
town, Daman which they could capture easily.
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Jodha Bai or Mariam-Uz-Zamani died at the age of 80 in 1622. Born as
Hindu, she was buried as per the Islamic customs. As per her last
wishes, avav - step well was built by Jahangir.

This CC is dedicated on our beloved Jodha Bai from Jodha Akbar serial.❤️

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3.bhavz
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5.sona
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Hi Friends,
Since, this thread if for the Chief Rajput Queen of Mughal Emperor Akbar...
Hence, few LINES from my side as well...



Mariam-Uz-Zamani , ( Heer Kunwari, Hira Kunwari, Harka Bai), (October 1, 1542 - May 19, 1623), was an Empress of the Mughal Empire. She was the wife of Mughal Emperor Akbar.She was his first and chief Rajput wife, and the mother of the next Mughal Emperor, Jahangir, and grandmother of the following Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan.



Mariam-Uz-Zamani was referred to as the Queen Mother of Hindustan,
during the reign of the Great Mughal, Emperor Akbar. She was the
longest serving Hindu Mughal Empress. Her tenure, from 6th February 1562
to 27 October 1605, is that of over 43 years.



Her
marriage to Akbar led to a gradual shift in his religious and social
policy. Akbar's marriage with Rajkumari Heer Kunwari was a very
important event in Mughal history. She is widely regarded in modern
Indian historiography as exemplifying Akbar's and the Mughal's tolerance
of religious differences and their inclusive policies within an
expanding multi-ethnic and multi-denominational empire.


Family



Heer
Kunwari was born a Rajput princess (Rajkumari) and was the eldest
daughter of Raja Bharmal, of Amer(modern day Jaipur). She was the
granddaughter of Raja Prithvi Singh I of Amer. Rajkumari Heer Kunwari
was also the sister of Raja Bhagwan Das of Amer, and the aunt of Raja
Man Singh I of Amer, who later became one the Nine Jewels (Navaratnas)
in the court of Akbar. Later, both occupied highest offices in Akbar's
court.



Marriage



Akbar's
marriage with Heer Kunwari had far-reaching results. It led Akbar to
take a much more favorable view of Hinduism and his Hindu subjects. In a
marriage of political alliance, Heer Kunwari was married to Akbar on
February 6, 1562 at Sambhar near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Heer Kunwari
became the third wife of Akbar after Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, who was
Akbar's first wife, and Salima Sultan Begum, the widow of his most
trusted general, Bairam Khan. Mariam, as mother of the heir-apparent,
took precedence over all the other wives of Akbar.



Though
she remained a Hindu, Heer Kunwari was honoured with the title
Mariam-uz-Zamani ("Mary of the Age") after she gave birth to Jahangir.
Despite her being a non-Muhammadan wife, she held great respect and
honour in the Mughal household







The Mariam-uz-Zamani Palace at Fatehpur Sikri.



In
the beginning of 1569, Akbar was gladdened by the news that his first
Hindu consort, Heer Kunwari was expecting a child, and that he might
hope for the first of the three sons promised by Sheikh Salim Chisti, a
reputed holy man who lived at Sikri. An expectant Heer was sent to
Sheikh's humble dwelling at Sikri during the period of her pregnancy. On
August 30, 1569, the boy was born and received the name Salim, in
acknowledgement of his father's faith in the efficacy of the holy man's
prayers.





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Her
title, Mariam-uz-zamani, 'the Mary of the Age', has been mistaken
sometimes with Akbar's mother, whose title was Mariam-makani, 'dwelling
with Mary'.


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Akbar's
marriage with Hindu princess Heer Kunwari produced important effects on
both on his personal rule of life and on his public policy. The custom
of Hindu rulers offering their daughters for marriage to Muslim rulers,
though not common, had been prevalent in the country for several
centuries. Yet Akbar's marriage to princess of Amber/Amer is
significant, as an early indication of his evolving policy of relegious
eclecticism. The marriage with the Amer princess secured the powerful
support of her family throughout the reign, and offered a proof manifest
to all the world that Akbar had decided to be the Badshah of his whole
people i.e. Hindus as well as Muhammadans.



Akbar
took other Rajput princesses in marriage. The rajas had much to gain
from the link to imperial family. Akbar made such marriages respectable
for rajputs.



Her
niece, Manbhawati Bai or Manmati bai, daughter of her brother Bhagwant
Das, married Prince Salim on 13 February 1585. Man bai later became
mother to Prince Khusrau Mirza and was awarded the title of Shah Begum
by Jahangir.




Religion



Akbar
developed Hindu inclinations and allowed his Hindu wife to perform the
customary rites in the royal palace. Thus, contrary to the usual
practice of sultans, Akbar allowed her to remain a Hindu and to maintain
a Hindu temple in the royal palace. He himself participated in the puja
she performed. She was a devotee of Lord Krishna. Her palace was
decorated with paintings of Lord Krishna and frescos.




Family advancement and Power consolidation



Akbar's
friendly relations with the Rajputs began after his marriage with Heer
Kunwari. This was an important step which profoundly influenced his
future policies. The marriage, secured for him the support of her
family, from among whom he drew his leading counsellors.



On
his marriage with Heer Kunwari, Akbar summoned Raja Man Singh I, nephew
of Heer Kunwari and son of Raja Bhagwan Das of Amer, the heir to the
throne of Raja Bharmal, and took him into the imperial service, by
giving him an office in his court. Raja Bhagwan Das was also enrolled
amongst the nobility. Later, they both rose ultimately to high offices.



The
Rajas of Amer especially benefitted from their close association with
the Mughals, and acquired immense wealth and power. Of twenty-seven
Rajputs in Abu'l-Fazl list of mansabdars, thirteen were of Amber clan,
and some of them rose to positions as high as that of imperial princes.
Raja Bhagwan Das, for instance, became commander of 5000, the highest
position available at that time, and bore the proud title Amir-ul-Umara
(Chief Noble). His son, Man Singh I, rose even higher to become
commander of 7000. This position was not enjoyed by any one except the
imperial princes. This marriage was thus, beneficial to both Mughals and
Kachwaha Rajputs of Amer.




Political influence and power



Mariam
uz-zamani was reported to have been a highly astute business woman, who
ran an active international trade in spices, silk, etc., and thus,
amassed a private fortune which dwarfed the treasury of many a European
king. She was among the most prodigious women traders at the Mughal
court. No other noblewoman on record seems to have been as adventurous a
trader as the Queen mother.



Mariam
Zamani owned ships that carried pilgrims to and from the Islamic holy
city Mecca. In 1613, her ship, the Rahm was seized by Portuguese
pirates along with the 600-700 passengers and the cargo. Rahm was the
largest Indian ship sailing in the Red Sea and was known to the
Europeans as the "great pilgrimage ship". When the Portuguese officially
refused to return the ship and the passengers, the outcry at the Moghul
court was quite unusually severe. The outrage was compounded by the
fact that the owner and the patron of the ship was none other than the
revered mother of the current emperor. Mariam-uz-Zamani's son, the
Indian emperor Jahangir, ordered the seizure of the Portuguese town
Daman. This episode is considered to be an example of the struggle for
wealth that would later ensue and lead to colonization of the Indian
sub-continent.



She
was one of the only four members of the court (another was the emperor)
and the only woman to have the rank of 12,000 cavalry, and was known to
receive a jewel from every nobleman "according to his estate" each year
on the occasion of New Year's festival. Like only a few other women at
the Mughal court, Mariam-uz-Zamani was granted the right to issue
official documents (singularly called farman), usually the exclusive
privilege of the emperor. Issuing of such orders was confined to the
highest ladies of the harem such as Hamida Banu Begum, Mariam-uz-Zamani,
Nur Jehan, Mumtaz Mahal, Nadira Banu and Jahanara Begum. Mariam Zamani,
like Nur Jehan, used her wealth and influence to build gardens, wells,
and mosques around the countryside.




Death



Mariam
uz-Zamani died in 1623. As per her last wishes, a vav or step well was
constructed by Jahangir. Her tomb, built in 1611, is on the Tantpur road
now known as in Jyoti Nagar. Mariam's Tomb is only a kilometre from Tomb of Akbar the Great.
The tomb's location reduced its chances of becoming a tourist
attraction, but likewise, its lack of visibility meant it fell into a
state of disrepair.



The
Mosque of Mariyam Zamani Begum was built by her son Nuruddin Salim
Jahangir and is situated in the Walled City of Lahore, present day
Pakistan.


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