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Originally posted by: myviewprem
It cannot be said satisfactorily that Anarkali is fact or fiction its a mystery.That is because there is a tomb in Lahore name Anarkali tomb that Jehangir has inscribed many heartfelt words and mentioned himself as Majnun Salim. But no historical book except some traveller book mentions Salim-Anarkali love affair. This tomb is said to be either anarkali or his fav wife Sahib Jamal.But Salim's true love among wives was not Jodha Bai nor Man Bai. It was Sahib Jamal his wife and neice of Zain Koka whom Akbar opposed as she was not royal but then relented but never accepted her as daughter in law till death. She was mother of his son Parvez.All his other wives were political alliances except Nur Jahan. But it is said Salim saw Jodh Bai aka Jagat Gosain in a wedding and wanted to marry her how far it is true cannot be confirmed historically.But one thing noted from Salim behaviour whether marriage alliances or otherwise he preferred commoners over royals be it love, friendships or any other thing. There is even a painting he got commissioned where he gives importance to sufi saint over kings etc.
Yes, there is a tomb of Anarkali on which Jahangir wrote loving words, so we cannot disregard her story as fiction. There may be more to it than we know, but since the written records may have been destroyed or lost, we will never know.
As for Jagat Gosain, she was indeed Jahangir's favorite wife before Nur Jahan. She had the most power over the household and brought about political changes much like Akbar's first three queens had done before her. I haven't heard of Sahib Jamal, but it was said that Jahangir was quite the womanizer and had many "true loves" before Nur Jahan. He went from one woman to another but after marrying Nur Jahan, he had eyes for no other woman.
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