Originally posted by: shivis18
is there some authentic source which says such things about noor. i think most of these bad things you hear bad things abt her is through european travellers or bazaar gossips. as far as i know she attained high position due to her intelligence and salim trusted her a lot. and yea she was ambitious. but is it wrong to be ambitious? becoz she was a woman? is it wrong for a woman to be ambitious? the mughal rulers like shahjahan and aurangzeb and even salim had commited worst crimes... everyone had their shortcomings. no mughal was a purely saint not even akbar... it is our society that always prefers to target women... and especially women at high positions... yes noor has some conflicting records but there were many good things abt her too like she was kind and she arranged for the dowry of orphan girls. and dear thats my opinion i feel that her character has always been pulled down. i actually like her a lot becoz of the fact that she was able to make her own standing among the great mughal rulers and alpha male society.
shivi very well saidš..i too like noor and yes she was very intelligent and ambitious but greedy..i do not think so..she did love salim as she limited his drinking to few glasses per day and also fought with him in public when he demanded more and if she was not concerned about his health why would she even bother!