The Misconception of Jodha Bai as Akbar's wife

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Faatimah

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Posted: 12 years ago

#31

this is interesting..i never heard this version

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Khushi Grover

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Posted: 12 years ago

#32

Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath
Was Jodha Mahal built by Akbar?

yes jaanu
it was built by akbar only
i hv personally visited both agra fort n fatehpur sikri many times as m from the same city 😳

n thr was not only jodha mahal but also jodha ki rasoi
n it was written thr that it was built by akbar for his rajput wife jodha bai 😳

dnt noe if m wrng but i hv read it thr n the guides also telling the same 😕😳

n i completely agreed with the facts u posted n also when the show was started thy said that the princess was named as hira bai but thy r gonna use the name jodha (on the entry of jodha)

n plz dnt b upset
its not ur fault infact u hv shared a valuable info 👏

most of us r here for rajat
so ignoring all facts n reality n njoying it 😉

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Janaki

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Posted: 12 years ago

#33

@Disha & Amor,

I am almost 100% positive that Akbar's Rajput wife must have been Hira Bai, because although the Jodha Mahal does exist, historical evidence shows us that the name Jodha came up in the 19th century, so it's possible that "Jodha's" name was originally Hira Bai but for some reason, it got changed to Jodha much later on.

Maybe Jodha Mahal was originally HIra Mahal...if there is at least one historical source that shows us that Jodha was called Jodha in the Mughal Era, I would believe it, but I've only heard of Hira Bai being Akbar's Rajput wife.

Anyway, like you guys said, most people are here for Rajat only so it's better not to discuss history. 😆

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Khushi Grover

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Posted: 12 years ago

#34

@janu
agreed u on that point bcoz i visited all those places in the 20th century 😳so might b possible n i hv read in one of my history books that akbar was married to the daughter of raja bharmal's daughter named harakha/hira bai

but let it b
all hist shows has sum flaws
just njoy keeping our hist books in almirah s😆

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SWEEBILLI

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Posted: 12 years ago

#35

Thanks for the info
name facts ok...i don want cv to shoe tis epic like saas bahu serial

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ApurvaLovesARVI

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Posted: 12 years ago

#36

Akbar didn't had mentioned the name of Jodha in important books beacuase of the orthodox Mughals who would be you know...have a problem on a Rajputani deleivering her Child.

Maybe that's the reason of no mention of Jodha Bai in records

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disha

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Posted: 12 years ago

#37

^^the most logical answer to this question till now!

take a bow my friend =)

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_innocent_

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Posted: 12 years ago

#38

Well the real truth will always be a mystery quite frankly! No historians have to date agreed with the folk tale of this emperor and his love! Which means, directors of movies or serials have a lot to play with! But its annoying that Akbar's son despite writing a biography forgets to mention the name of his mother! anyways, with the obscurity in the history tale itself, there can no be right or wrong perception of the events,as it would evidently be each to their own kinda thing!

ps! thanks for sharing, although, next time try not using wikipedia as a reliable source since am sure you are aware, that site is edited by people who hardly knows what they are talking about. Thanks though!

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Janaki

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Posted: 12 years ago

#39

Originally posted by: ApurvaLovesARVI
Akbar didn't had mentioned the name of Jodha in important books beacuase of the orthodox Mughals who would be you know...have a problem on a Rajputani deleivering her Child.

Maybe that's the reason of no mention of Jodha Bai in records

Yes, that makes sense!

But one would think that, since Akbar was supposedly in love with his Rajput wife (she was supposed to be his favorite!), he'd give her a special place in his autobiography. 🤔

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Janaki

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Posted: 12 years ago

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Originally posted by: _innocent_
Well the real truth will always be a mystery quite frankly! No historians have to date agreed with the folk tale of this emperor and his love! Which means, directors of movies or serials have a lot to play with! But its annoying that Akbar's son despite writing a biography forgets to mention the name of his mother! anyways, with the obscurity in the history tale itself, there can no be right or wrong perception of the events,as it would evidently be each to their own kinda thing!

ps! thanks for sharing, although, next time try not using wikipedia as a reliable source since am sure you are aware, that site is edited by people who hardly knows what they are talking about. Thanks though!

That is true...even historians have not all discovered the same thing. One thing that is common between everyone is that Akbar had a Rajput wife by the name of Hira Bai. She was his 3rd wife and believed to be the mother of Jahangir. Whether he had another Rajput wife by the name of Jodha, or if Jodha was simply another name of Hira, or even if Jodha never existed...none of it is very clear!

Yes, I also find it difficult to understand why Jahangir made no mention of his mother's name in his autobiography. 😕 It is possible that he may have been ashamed of her origins...which could mean that his mother was either low class, a concubine of the King and not his wife, or the fact that she was a Hindu princess. If his mother was in fact Hira Bai/Jodha Bai, there is nothing for him to feel ashamed of except that she was Hindu and the Mughals were all Muslim.

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