I see at least five 😆Sandhya, any scene with Jalal and his shamsher has gotta be drool worthy...😉Btw, HB and harem administration? 😕 She'd be like the teacher who couldn't control 30 riotous kids running amok😆...Salimas too lost in philosophy and poetry for all this...Sandhya corruption then wouldn't be much diff from corruption now ...people frown upon it, but don't have the guts/time/will to fight it...Jo was like that for most of the episode too...till someone started prodding her left, right and centre (not physically...you get the jist!)Basically, someone with a good balance of fearlessness and inherent goodness is required for the job...Ruqs was fearless (hence jalal's support of her in the Harem DEK) but Jo is fearless AND good! So, jalal is pushing her to contest...(and in a way to prove HIS faith in her right!😉)ShreyaI think major affairs of the harem went through the Shehenshah, but not daily affairs...if you read the Mughal chronicles, it clearly states how the harem had it's own detailed administration...Even yesterday, he says na he didn't interfere in the matters if the harem...