Ruqaiah- Lonely, isolated and insecure - Page 3

Originally posted by: jshweta16

Khurram was not a heir as per the chagtai laws. It was Khursow who would have ascended to throne if he wouldn't have rebelled so early against Jahangir and later lived a lonely life. Khuraam had to kill all his brothers and their children to become an Emperor so we cannot say that Ruquaiya was trusted with an heir. It was more like a tradition in the Royal family that children grew under the care of their step mothers/Grandmothers. Mariam Makani brought up Shakrunnisa Begum one of Akbar's daughter under her care. Murad/Danial being sons of concubines were given to Salima Sultan/MUZ to take care of. Actually in reality none of Akbar's own children were brought up by Ruqaiya, that was an injustice with her. She was given khurram when Akbar realised his mistakes in middle age looking at his grieving first wife.

Ruqaiya truly deserved to be respected and loved but though she was active in mughal court as per some documents, history books never glorify her as a longest serving Mughal Empress. She was truly the only one empress with royal blood and was the witness of the prosperous times all the great 6 Emperors of Mughal dynasty. She was Babur-E-Aazam's granddaughter, Humayun's niece, Akbar's wife, she sorted out Akbar-Salim's differences and was care taker of ShahJahan, but in the end a lonely and complex character of history.

Originally posted by: nandinidavid96

A very interesting thread...I am totally loving it. I totally agree with your views and the period too.

After Rajat it was Ruqayya's character that kept me hooked to the show; after replacing the actress CV's mostly tried to portray her as other woman but she it NOT. Kudos to you for writing on Ruqayya's plight which most of us give a blind eye being busy in romancing the other pair. 👏 👏

Originally posted by: jshweta16

Khurram was not a heir as per the chagtai laws. It was Khursow who would have ascended to throne if he wouldn't have rebelled so early against Jahangir and later lived a lonely life. Khuraam had to kill all his brothers and their children to become an Emperor so we cannot say that Ruquaiya was trusted with an heir. It was more like a tradition in the Royal family that children grew under the care of their step mothers/Grandmothers. Mariam Makani brought up Shakrunnisa Begum one of Akbar's daughter under her care. Murad/Danial being sons of concubines were given to Salima Sultan/MUZ to take care of. Actually in reality none of Akbar's own children were brought up by Ruqaiya, that was an injustice with her. She was given khurram when Akbar realised his mistakes in middle age looking at his grieving first wife.

Ruqaiya truly deserved to be respected and loved but though she was active in mughal court as per some documents, history books never glorify her as a longest serving Mughal Empress. She was truly the only one empress with royal blood and was the witness of the prosperous times all the great 6 Emperors of Mughal dynasty. She was Babur-E-Aazam's granddaughter, Humayun's niece, Akbar's wife, she sorted out Akbar-Salim's differences and was care taker of ShahJahan, but in the end a lonely and complex character of history.

Originally posted by: myviewprem

I agree Ruqaiah was not treated fairly neither by his family nor by history.

All i am saying is that khurram was only child of jodha bai so taking him away from her was injustice and cruel. If jodha had more children it would not have been a tragedy.

The only reason i opened this thread is that i see serial and even many comments blaming ruqaiah about way she behaves possessive and rude etc

But jodha, salima and other begums snatched jalal from her not other way. So stop treating her like a vamp who came in between jodha-jalal. She is also an human being what all she must have undergone alone? Jodha has man singh in agra from family ruqu has no one. Even her own aunty hamida, gulbada and sister salima are not with her they are with jodha. So obivously a lone human(or animal) becomes aggressive not to hurt anyone but to ensure not one hurts them in fear.

Originally posted by: myviewprem

But dear it was an custom in the royal family and khurrum wasn't snatched from his mother. He did spent time with his parents in between. I haven't found any document stating ruqaiya did not allow jagat gosain to meet khurram, If you are talking about twentieth wife of Indu then that was a fictional history. And if you are saying that it was an injustice with Jagat Gosain then she was not the first. Dildar begum's children hindal mirza and gulbadan begum was brought up by Maham begum who was Humayun's mother. Bakshi banu daugher of Gunwar Bibi was brought up by Mariam Makani. And so did Akbar's other children as I have mentioned in my earlier post. If it is so then there was injustice with all these ladies also. But as it was a custom they had to follow it.