Why Mughal princesses did not marry Rajput Kings?

Originally posted by: Bindu_nhbr

TFS Donjas 😊
This is really interesting piece of information.
Akbar's broad mindedness is clearly seen here.
Those Rajput kings who didn't accept Mughal princesses might not have given their sisters and daughters too.
But if the Rajput clan felt marrying Mughal princess is unacceptable and the other way round is fine..their thought process is not agreeable.
After all blood has no religion.

Originally posted by: Donjas

No, the author of the book says that according to Rajput records Vir Vinod, they were willing to give their sister/ daughter hand in marriage but not marry Mughal princesses themselves.

I personally would not be harsh in my judgement. That was a different era, the way people thought about culture, religion and gender equality was different.

That is why it so difficult to understand people from a distant era, they are different. Not necessarily good or bad, simply different.

Originally posted by: myviewprem

If you read history books and articles on mughal-rajputh alliance there are many reasons given for this

1) The most important fact was that Rajputh royals wanted to maintain purity of their race. So they would never allow their sons to marry a mughal or muslim ruler. This way they preserved their race without any inter religion or inter caste mix. Then why did they marry their daughters freely to mughals even till 18th century- this was basically for political gains. They wanted to have their kingdom secured for their sons and grandsons so they had political tie ups and agreed to be vassals first of mughals and next of British. Some of the major reasons to lose the 1857 war of independence was that the North indian kingdoms like Gwalior, pataudi etc who had promised to send the troops and money to the warriors led by tantya tope etc (to mughal emperor Bahadur shah zafar) joined hands with britishers in last minute and did not send the money. Daughters did not really matter in carrying forward the family name etc only sons mattered hence daughters could be married off to buy peace or buy gaurantee to kingdoms with enemies and that included afghand and mughals too. Mahmood Shah an afghan too was married to a marwar princess.

2) Second factor was that the muslims customs varied a lot and muslim woman had much more freedom in those times compared to an hindu wife, Like muslim widows could remarry, could divorce, need not wear white only after husband death and also need not burn with husband in funeral pyre. Hence the mughal emperors themselves were wary of marrying their daughters and sisters to rajpuths. (Aram Bano was not married to anyone for this same reason that Akbar had faced issues with his brother in laws who were contending for the emperor throne, the same with his other son in laws, as aram was youngest he did not want her to face the issues his sisters and daughters faced hence he and salim decided that she need not marry and stay with salim all life)

3) The mughal rajputh wives converted to islam to marry but could freely follow their hindu customs in house but the rajputh would not allow that.

So all these factors and more(that i cannot remember right off) are reasons for rajputh not marrying mughal

Originally posted by: myviewprem

If you read history books and articles on mughal-rajputh alliance there are many reasons given for this

1) The most important fact was that Rajputh royals wanted to maintain purity of their race. So they would never allow their sons to marry a mughal or muslim ruler. This way they preserved their race without any inter religion or inter caste mix. Then why did they marry their daughters freely to mughals even till 18th century- this was basically for political gains. They wanted to have their kingdom secured for their sons and grandsons so they had political tie ups and agreed to be vassals first of mughals and next of British. Some of the major reasons to lose the 1857 war of independence was that the North indian kingdoms like Gwalior, pataudi etc who had promised to send the troops and money to the warriors led by tantya tope etc (to mughal emperor Bahadur shah zafar) joined hands with britishers in last minute and did not send the money. Daughters did not really matter in carrying forward the family name etc only sons mattered hence daughters could be married off to buy peace or buy gaurantee to kingdoms with enemies and that included afghand and mughals too. Mahmood Shah an afghan too was married to a marwar princess.

2) Second factor was that the muslims customs varied a lot and muslim woman had much more freedom in those times compared to an hindu wife, Like muslim widows could remarry, could divorce, need not wear white only after husband death and also need not burn with husband in funeral pyre. Hence the mughal emperors themselves were wary of marrying their daughters and sisters to rajpuths. (Aram Bano was not married to anyone for this same reason that Akbar had faced issues with his brother in laws who were contending for the emperor throne, the same with his other son in laws, as aram was youngest he did not want her to face the issues his sisters and daughters faced hence he and salim decided that she need not marry and stay with salim all life)

3) The mughal rajputh wives converted to islam to marry but could freely follow their hindu customs in house but the rajputh would not allow that.

So all these factors and more(that i cannot remember right off) are reasons for rajputh not marrying mughal