SS - AAP WAALID BANNE WALE HAIN
HEY GUYS I AM SONE WITH THIS SS. HOPE YOU LIKED IT. THIS IS THE FINAL PART OR THE EPILOGUE.
EPILOGUE
SALIM'S WAR TRAINING AT PAATAN WAS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY. HE WAS A QUICK LEARNER AND BOTH MAAN SINGH AND KHAN E KHANA WERE HAPPY TO BE TRAINING HIM. THEY REALIZED THAT SALIM WAS A NATURAL AND DID NOT NEED MUCH OF TRAINING. HE WAS A STRONG WARRIOR AND HE HAD MASTERED THE ART OF SWORD FIGHTING AND THE USE OF BOW AND ARROW. ON THE BATTLEFIELD HE WAS CALM AND HAD HIS WITS ABOUT HIM. AND ONE OF HIS BEST QUALITIES WAS THAT HE WAS A TEAM PLAYER. HE HELPED MAAN SINGH IN STRATEGIZING THE ARMY'S WAR EFFORT. MAAN SINGH WAS ALL PRAISES FOR HIM.
MAAN SINGH REGULARLY WROTE TO JALAL REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF THE WAR AS WELL AS SALIM'S PROGRESS AS A WARRIOR. HE GAVE DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF SALIM'S WAR ACCUMEN. SALIM ALSO CORRESPONDED REGULARLY WITH HIS PARENTS, SPECIALLY HIS MOTHER AND LAADLI. EVERY LETTER OF HIS ASSURED JODHA THAT HE WAS DOING WELL, SO THAT SHE WOULD NOT WORRY.
SALIM SPENT EIGHT YEARS IN VARIOUS WARS. DURING THIS TIME JODHA VISITED HIM ONCE IN EVERY THREE MONTHS. SHE WAS PROUD OF HER SON'S SKILLS AND OVERJOYED WHEN SHE HEARD HIS PRAISES FROM FELLOW SOLDIERS, MAAN SINGH AND KHAN E KHANA. JALAL TOO VISITED SALIM QUITE OFTEN. SALIM DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO GO BACK IN THESE YEARS, BUT HIS PARENTS' FREQUENT VISITS WERE A BLESSING FOR HIM. BESIDES HIS TENURE ON THE BATTLEFIELD NEVER LEFT HIM WITH MUCH TIME. HE WAS THRILLED WHENEVER JODHA OR JALAL VISITED HIM. JODHA SHOWERED HER LOVE ON HIM DURING HER VISITS. WHEN HIS PARENTS WERE NOT THERE, MAAN SINGH AND KHAN E KHANA WERE HIS CONSTANT COMPANIONS. THESE EIGHT YEARS HAD BEEN GOOD FOR HIM.
WHEN HE RETURNED TO AGRA AFTER EIGHT YEARS, HE STARTED HIS WORK AS THE HEIR OF THE EMPIRE. HE ATTENDED THE DIWAN E KHAS EVERYDAY AND TRIED TO LEARN THE ART OF RULING BY OBSERVING HIS FATHER. JALAL STARTED INCLUDING HIM IN POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS AND GRADUALLY SHARPENED HIS POLITICAL ACCUMEN TOO. IN A SHORT TIME HE WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THESE POLITICAL STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS. IT GAVE JALAL LOT OF JOY TO SEE SALIM TAKE ON HIS RESPONSIBILITIES WITH GUSTO. THERE WERE FEW OCCASIONS WHEN JALAL AND SALIM DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE ON A TOPIC, BUT THEY DISCUSSED WITH EACH OTHER AND ALWAYS IRONED OUT THEIR DIFFERENCES. SALIM ALSO STARTED ACCOMPANYING HIS FATHER FOR WORK TO VARIOUS OTHER KINGDOMS AND SUBAS. BOTH FATHER AND SON, TOGETHER, WERE A FORMIDABLE FORCE.
SALIM ALSO MADE HIS OWN FORAYS AMONG THE PRAJA DISGUISED AS A COMMON MAN TO FIND OUT THE REAL PROBLEMS THAT HIS SUBJECTS WERE FACING. AS TIME WENT BY HE BECAME AN ASTUTE HEIR, HE GAVE FAIR JUDGEMENTS AND THE PRAJA ACCEPTED HIM WHOLE HEARTEDLY AND WAS ALL PRAISES FOR HIM. HE WAS THE APPLE OF EVERYONE'S EYE. IT WAS CLEAR TO EVERYONE THAT SALIM WOULD MAKE A GREAT SHAHENSHAH, LIKE HIS FATHER.
AT HOME TOO SALIM WAS EVERYONE'S FAVOURITE. HIS BROTHERS MURAAD AND DANIYAAL LOOKED UP TO HIM, HIS SISTERS MAHTAAB AND RADHIKA ADORED HIM AND FOR LAADLI BAANO HE WAS HER ENTIRE WORLD. SALIM, EVEN AS A CHILD, HAD BEEN FRIENDLY, AMIABLE AND AFFECTIONATE AND HE STILL CONTINUED TO BE SO NOW. HE WILLINGLY SPENT TIME WITH EVERYONE AND ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY, LIKE THE OTHERS ENJOYED HIS COMPANY.
HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JODHA WAS SPECIAL. HE LOVED HER GREATLY, RESPECTED HER PROFOUNDLY FOR THE WORK THAT SHE DID AND THE IDEALS THAT SHE STOOD FOR. HE SOUGHT HER COMPANY OFTEN AND TOOK HER OPINIONS OFTEN ON MATTERS OF THE STATE. JODHA'S VAST EXPREIENCE IN ADMINISTRATION CAME HANDY TO SALIM AND SHE GAVE HIM HER ADVICE OFTEN. HE ALWAYS FELT HAPPY WHEN HE WAS WITH HER, THEIRS WAS A STRONG BOND.
DURING HER CHAT WITH MAAN SINGH JODHA HAD DISCOVERED THAT MAAN SINGH'S SISTER MAAN BAI HAD MET SALIM A FEW TIMES DURING THE TIME MAAN SINGH AND SALIM HAD VISITED AAMER WHILST ON WAR. MAAN SINGH HAD NOTICED THAT THEY WERE QUITE FRIENDLY AND SEEMED TO ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY. MAAN SINGH HAD SUGGESTED RO JODHA THAT HIS FAMILY WOULD BE QUITE KEEN IF THIS ALLIANCE WERE TO WORK OUT. JODHA HEARD HIM OUT AND TOLD HIM TO HOLD HIS HORSES. SHE WOULD SPEAK TO SALIM ABOUT IT, BUT THE FINAL DECISION WOULD BE SALIM'S.
" KYA BAAT HAI JODHA BEGUM AAP BADA MUSKURA RAHI HAIN? JABSE AAPKA BETA WAAPAS AAYA HAI AAP,E CHEHRE PAR TO ALAG HI NOOR HAI :) HAMARE SAATH TO WAQT BITANA TO JAISE AAP BHOOL HI GAYI HAIN.
" SHAHENSHAH ISS TARAH AP E PUTR SE IRSHYA KARNA AAPKO SHOBHA NAHI DETA HAI. ACHHA SUNIYE HUM AAPSE HI MILNE AA RAHE THHEY. MAAN SINGH NE HAMEIN EK BAHUT HI PRASANNATA KI BAAT BATAYI HAI.
JODHA APPRISED JALAL OF HER DISCUSSIONS WITH MAAN SINGH. JALAL WAS OVERJOYED.
" AAKHIR BETA KISKA HAI :) AAMERI SHEHZAADI TO PASAND AAYEGI HI UNHE. JODHA BEGUM AAPNE KAMAAL KI KHABAR DI HAI HAMEIN. AGAR VAKAI SHAIKHU BABA MAAN BAI SE NIKAAH KARNA CHAHTE HAIN TO ISSE ACHHI BAAT HAMARE LIYE KOI NAHI HO SAKTI. AAP AISA KIJIYE YE JAANNE KI KOSHISH KIJIYE KI SHAIKHU BABA KE DIL MEIN KYA HAI.
" AVASHYA HUM AISA HI KARENGE SHAHENSHAH. AUR AAP THEEK KAH RAHE HAIN. YADI YE RISHTA HUA TO HUM BHI BAHUT PRASANNA HONGE. AAKHIR MAAN BAI SARV GUN SAMPAN. HAIN, SUNDAR HAIN, SUSHEEL HAIN. HAR TARAH SE WO SALIM KE LIYE YOGYA PATNI SIDDHARTH HONGI.
" HAAN BHAI AAKHIR BHATEEJI KINKI HAIN? :)
JODHA LEFT TO MEET SALIM. SHE COULD WAIT TO FIND OUT HIS OPINION ON THE MATTER.
" SALIM BETA, AB AAPLI UMAR VIVAAH YOGYA HO GAYI HAI. AAPKE ABBA HUZOOR BHI CHAHTE HAIN KI AAPKA VIVAAH HO JAAYE. ISS VOSHAY MEIN AAP ZARA SOCHIYE AUR HAMEIN BATAIYE. AAPKE LIYE KAYI RAAJKUMARIYON AUR SHEHZAADIYON KE RISHTEY BHI AA RAHE HAIN. PARANTU HUM CHAHTE HAIN KI AAP APNI JEEVAN SANGINI KO SWAYAM PASAND KAREIN.
" MAASAA YE ACHANAK AAPKO HAMARE SHAADI KA KHAYAAL KAISE AAYA.
" BETA SABHI KARYON KE LIYE EK SAHI SAMAY HOTA HAI. HAMARE VICHAAR MEIN AAPKE VIVAAH KE LIYE YEH SAMAY UPYUKT HAI. ISSLIYE HUMNE AAPSE YE BAAT CHHEDI HAI. YADI AAPKE MAN MEIN KOI LADKI HO TO AAP HAMEIN BATAIYE.
" MAASA AB AAP POOCHH RAHI HAIN TO HUM AAPKO YE BATANA CHAHTE HAIN KI IN GUZRE SAALON MEIN HUMNE AAMER MEIN WAQT GUZAARA. AAMER KI SHEHZAADI MAAN BAI HAMEIN ACHHI LAGTI HAIN. HUM YE TO NAHI JAANTE KI WO HAMARE BAAREY MEIN KYA SOCHTI HAIN PAR WO MAHEI. ACHHI LAGI
SALIM TURNED RED. JODHA COULD HARDLY HOLD HER EXCITEMENT. THSI WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR HER. THIS MARRIAGE WOULD REINFORCE THE TIES THAT THE AAMERIS HAD WITH RHE MUGHALS. SHE WOULD HAVE HER DEAR NIECE AS HER DAUTHER IN LAW :)
SOON SALIM'S WEDDING FOR FIXED WITH THE AAMERI PRINCESS MAAN BAI. EVERYONE AT THE PALACE AND THE KINGSON WAS OVERJOYED WITH THIS NEWS. MAAN BAI'S BEAUTY, HUMILITY AND HER MULTITUDE OF TALENTS WERE WELL KNOWN. EVERYONE FELT THAT SALIM HAD CHOSEN WISELY AND GAVE THEIR CONSENT AND BLESSINGS TO THE ALLIANCE.
FOR THE NEXT ONE YEAR JODHA' MAIN RESPONSIBILITY WAS ORGANIZING THIS WEDDING, WHICH WAS THE ONLY TALK OF THE TOWN. ALL PREPARATIONS WERE TO BE DONE ON A GRAND SCALE. AFTER ALL THE SOON-TO-BE SHAHENSHAH OF THE MIGHAL EMPIRE WAS TO BE WED.
THE WEDDING TURNED OUT BE ONE OF THE BEST THAT ANYONE HAD EVER SEEN. MAAN BAI LOOKED SIMPLY OUT OF THIS WORLD AND SALIM WAS ECSTATIC. THE AAMERIS INCLUDING MAAN SINGH WERE GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR. AFTER ALL THEIR DAUGHTER WAS MARRYING THE NEXT MUGHAL SHAHENSHAH. JODHA AND JALAL WERE ON CLOUD NINE. THEIR SON HAD CHOSEN WELL. EVERYONE LOVED MAAN BAI.
TIME SPED BY. SALIM HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR NINE YEARS. HE AND MAAN BAI WERE HAPPY AND CONTENTED. THEY HAD TWIN SONS KHURRAM AND KHUSRAU, BOTH OF WHOM WERE LOVED AND CHERISHED BY THEIR PARENTS. JODHA AND JALAL WERE DOTING GRANDPARENTS. THEIR LOVE WAS STILL GROWING DAY AFTER DAY.
ON SALIM AND MAAN BAI'S NINTH WEDDING ANNIVERSAY CELEBRATION JALAL MADE A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT IN FRONT OF HIS SUBJECTS, WHO WERE GATHERED IN LARGE NUMBERS.
" KHAWATEEN O HAZRAAT. AAJ HUM, SHAHENSHAH JALALUDDIN MOHAMMAD AKBAR EK BAHUT HI ZAROORI ELAAN KARNA CHAHTE HAIN.
AAJ KE BAAD HUM MUGHAL SALTANAT KI DORE HAMARE BTE AUR SALTANAT KE WALIAAHAD NOORUDDIN SALIM KO SAUPTE HAIN. AAL SE SALIM SHAHENSHAH HONGE.
HUM MEHEZ CHAUDAH BARAS KE THHEY JAB YE TAJ HUMNE PEHNA. HUM AAJ YE FAKR KE SAATH KAH SAKTE HAIN KI SALIM HAR LIHAAZ SE ISS ZIMMEDAARI KE LIYE KAABIL HAIN. WO HAMADE SAATH SAATH HAMARI RIYAYA KE DIL KE TUKDE HAIN. UNMEIN SHAHENSHAH BANNE KE LIYE HAR HUNAR HAI.
HAMARI RIYAYA SE HUM ILYEJA KARNA CHAHTE HAIN KI JAISE AAP SAB NE HAMARA KHOI. SAATH DIYA, HAMARE HAR FAISLE KA EHTARAAM KIYA, VAISE HI AB APP SALIM KA SAATH DIJIYE, SALIM TO APNI MOHABBAT SE NAWAZIYE.
SAB HAMARE SAATH BOLEIN
SHAHENSHAH SALIM ZINDAABAAD!!
EVERYONE WAS SHOCKED. JALAL HAD NOT DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS WITH ANYONE, NOT EVEN WITH JODHA.
JALAL GRADUALLY REMOVED SALIM'S CROWN, THEN HIS OWN AND THEN HE PLACED THE SHAHENSHAH'S CROWN ON SALIM'S HEAD. BOTH OF THEM GOT VERY EMOTIONAL AND HUGGED EACH OTHER. SALIM WAS AS SHOCKED AS THE OTHERS.
" ABBA HUZOOR HUM ABHI ISS ZIMMEDAARI KE LIYE TAYYAAR NAHI HAIN. HAMEIN TO ABHI AAPSE KITNA KUCHH SEEKHNA BAAKI HAI
" NAHI SHAIKHU BABA. HAMARI BAATON PAR BHAROSA KIJIYE, AAP POORI TARAH SE TAYYAAR HAIN. HUMNE YE FAISLA SOCH SAMAJH KAR LIYA HAI.
AFTER THE HIGH ON DRAMA JASHN, JALAL SAW JODHA RUNNING TOWARDS HIM :)
" SHAHENSHAH AAPNE ITNA BADA ELAAN KAR DIYA AUR HAMEIN ISS VISHAY MEIN KUCHH BATAYA NAHI?
" HUMNE WOHI KIYA JODHA BEGUM JO HAMARE DIL KO SAHI LAGA. SHAIKHU BABA HAR LIHAAZ SE ISS KE LAYAK HAIN. AUR HUM APNI ZIMMEDAARIYON SE THHAK GAYE HAIN. HUM APNA BAAKI WAQT AAPKE SAATH GUZAARNA CHAHTE HAIN. ITNE SAALON MEIN JO KHUSHIYON KE PAL HUM SHAHENSHAH KE MASROOFIYAATON HI WAJAH SE JEE NAHI SAKE, WO SAB HIM AB JEENA CHAHTE HAIN - AAPKE SAATH. AB AAP HUMSE ISS BAT PAR BEHAS MAT KIJIYE. HAMARE PAAS AAIYE HAMARE SEENE SE LAGIYE AUR HAMARE SAATH EK SUKOON BHARE SAFAR KE LIYE TAYYAAR HO JAIYE. ITNE SAALON MEIN HUM DONO NE JITNE BHI PAL KHOYE HAIN ZIMMEDAARIYON MEIN GHIRE HONE KI WAJAH SE, WO SAARE PAL HUM AB JIYENGE JODHA BEGUM.
TAAKI JAB IS JISM SE SAANS NIKLE JODHA BEGUM TO KUCHH NA KARNE KA MALAAL NA RAHE HAMEIN. HUM WO TAMAAM KHUSHIYAAN JEENA CHAHTE HAIN JINAE HIM MEHROO. RAHE HAIN. AAPKO ITNI MOHABBAT DENA CHAHTE HAIN KI AAPKO KOI SHIKAYAT NA RAHE
APNE BACHCHON KA BACHPAN TO THEEK SE DEKH NAHI PAAYE, PAR UNKI JAWAANI KA POORA LUTF UTHHAANA CHANTE HAIN
APNE NAATI -POTON KE SAATH KHOOB KHELNA CHAHTE HAIN TAAKI APNE BACHPAN KO KHONE KA DARD BHOOL JAYEIN.
AB KYA KEHTI HAIN AAP JODHA BEGUM?
JODHA HAD TEARS IN HER EYES. HERE WAS HER HUSBAND - THE PERSON WHO WAS ONCE KNOWS AS THE MOST HEARTLESS AND CRUEL PERSON ALIVE. SHE WAS AMAZED AT HIS DECISION. IN FACE, SHE WELCOMED IT :)
" AAP KUCHH GALAT KEHTA HI KAB HAIN SHAHENSHAH :). HUM AAPKE ISS NIRNAY SE BAHUT PRASANNA HAIN. CHALENGE AAPJE SANG JEEVAN KI ISS MANMOHAK YATRA PAR.
" SHAAYAD YE HAMARI ZINDAGI MEIN PEHLI BAAR HO RAHA HAIJODHA BEGUM KI HUM AAPSE KISI TARAH KI BEHAS MEIN JEETEY HON. HAI NA? :)
JALAL TOOK JODHA IN HIS ARMS AND HUGGED HER LIKE KE WOULD NEVER LET HER GO
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