Wives of Akbar other than Rukaiya, Salima and Harka/Jodha bai - Page 9

Originally posted by: myviewprem

i read in a book jodha was only wife to enter akbar's palace(he had his own palace) more than once he had so many woman in his life to keep him company

and of course harem politics mariam uz zamani must have been very shrewd and manipulative to survive in that deadly place

he had 300 wives and 5000 cocubbines and they would try their best to attract the emperor and try their best to kill the other woman's child from emperor because that will make her privileged. So Jodha's palace had rajput men gaurding it all the time(yes men guarded it). Jehangir mentions that in his palace rajput men guarded and he felt they were invisible because he was used to them from childhood.

i read if some woman dies they would not have funeral or mourning and woman would be shifted to the mourge and from there to burial.

Only important queens, mother, fav aunts and fav sisters had proper greiving and funeral ceremony in agra fort all others no one bothered when they died or to grieve for them 😕 indeed many would know after funeral that person died unless he was very important.

Tfs! 😊

Btw, I read that Rajput men and porters used guard at the gates of the harem and did not enter it. Then there are successive circles of women guards and eunuchs.

my dadi said dat this badshah had many wives😆. the show is making him mahaan his personal front is not that mahaan😆

Sach mein...ditto-ing PPLUVKUCH...😆..yaha hum ek biwi saath hi setting nahi dekh pa rahe hai.. .😕Alakh My Dear...pls understand that while ppl may surely love getting history lessons...but in this case it has an adverse side-effect on us as well...as the characters are being played by PariJat...😳

Originally posted by: ppluvkuch

kyaa yaar...yahan jodha se love ho nehi raha hai,...our tum uski sautan ginwa rahi ho...

Originally posted by: sunshine_sun

my dadi said dat this badshah had many wives😆. the show is making him mahaan his personal front is not that mahaan😆

In the sixteenth century, all the rulers had many wives. Forget about rulers, even noblemen had many wives - be it mughal, rajput or from any other clan.

May be this badhshah had beaten other rulers in his no. of wives😉, but polygamy and keeping concubines was natural for any ruler.

In fact, in 18th century and early 19th century Bengal, men from upper caste i.e. Brahmins or Kayasthas used to have 100s of wives. And they were not even rulers or noblemen. Even poor or middle class men of upper caste used to marry many women and they used to visit their wives once in a blue moon. The wives lived in their own parents house.

Last name n part z quite intriguing. He made some one divorce so he can marry her?
Really?
Gimmi related story in detail. Waise yeh Jodha se pehle hua ya baad mein?

Originally posted by: sunshine_sun

my dadi said dat this badshah had many wives😆. the show is making him mahaan his personal front is not that mahaan😆

He will bcum Mahan soon. Ab toh flaws hi dikhte hai. Wait n watch. Yahi fact hai.

Daulat Shad was a concubine...Not a queen in literal sense as RB,SB or JB...It was a Muttah alliance ...not a Nikaah...(BTW all his nikaahs after the 1st 4 were actually illegal as per Islamic law) and it was a part of the Delhi Royalty revolt submission plan...anyhow, it happened much later...in his middle age...

Originally posted by: RagSia

Last name n part z quite intriguing. He made some one divorce so he can marry her?
Really?
Gimmi related story in detail. Waise yeh Jodha se pehle hua ya baad mein?

Wow!! tfs... 😊

Originally posted by: doyelpakhi

Tfs! 😊

Btw, I read that Rajput men and porters used guard at the gates of the harem and did not enter it. Then there are successive circles of women guards and eunuchs.

actually mughal soldiers gaurded outside like they show in serial standing

Originally posted by: KDR81

Daulat Shad was a concubine...Not a queen in literal sense as RB,SB or JB...It was a Muttah alliance ...not a Nikaah...(BTW all his nikaahs after the 1st 4 were actually illegal as per Islamic law) and it was a part of the Delhi Royalty revolt submission plan...anyhow, it happened much later...in his middle age...

@ bold

It didn't happen in Akbar's middle age. It happened only a year after he married Harka Bai, Princess of Amer.

If you see the list provided by mypremview, the beautiful former wife of Abdul Wasi was Akbar's seventh wife whom he married in 1563.


Also, I read that Akbar made sure that the Ulemas and the Maulavis gave equal status to all his wives, including those who were married through Muttah marriage.

Because of Akbar's order, some clerics started to research and they did find a loophole( ie. writings supporting muttah marriage) in some book and the Emperor ordered that Ulemas should give equal status to all his wives based on these findings. Ulemas had no other option but to oblige.😉

I don't remember the details. It is written in detail in H.C. Burke's book.