Originally posted by: ann2012
which source are you quoting from? I have read books, journals and newspaper articles but never came across this fascinating piece of information. If I am not wrong Mumtaz Mahal died due to childbirth when she was 40. That is well beyond the age quoted by you. And makes your statement "once wife reached 30 years king/prince would not keep husband-wife relation with that wife/cocubbine" irrelevant.
This was one incident told to us in our history class(school) about jehangir
his cocubbine or wife became pregnant but mughals/nobels as a rule would not have relation with women after 30 or something. So jehangir was furious she cheated him and she was punished with death.
Mumtaz may be an exception because shah jahan never took any wife after her and she did not allow him to go to his first two wives after marrying her.
I do not want to discuss in this forum about these things because this is serial forum not some political/news forum. I just said what i know. You can verify by googling about these things on net or read some books written by historians.
It is a fact even in 21st century pls see that program in history channel or discovery they said this customs followed even today in many parts of africa and asia like afghanistan etc. And these things are not written in official books or published in autobiographies. These are things they have researched and stories told from centuries. Only thing written in books need not be authentic. Because such brutalities are not recorded in autobiographies sponsored by emperors or people in fear etc. But they are spoken long after such incidents.
I just wanted forum people to be aware of the brutalities taken place on innocent woman in name of customs in those times not only by emperors but by other men. Its still taking place in many places just that its not coming on news as it shall not give TRP. But that does not mean its a lie it happens.
Edited by myviewprem - 11 years ago
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