@hari..ruqaiyya was his chief consort and cousin whom he knew from his childhood..but mariam zamani that is jodha bai was not just his chief queen coz of salim but she had very sharp administrative skill and held high position in akbar's court...infact she was the richest queen in harem..she conducted spice trades with Portuguese,had her own ship ,her own cavalry and was actively involved in the administrative part...akbar was very close to her family so much that salim was married off to jodha's niece maanbai first...he was allowed to go to amer with his mom which otherwise is not allowed for a waalihaad that is future Emperor...she was the one who build step wells for pilgrims ...just like rajputs did not want asociation with mughals hence removed most of the records the same way mughals were not happy with akbar's respect for all the religion as one and giving so much resepct to rajputs..no king had the time to write an epic love story coz he spend most of his days in the war field...they do exaggerate the love story part..but Akbar was not only broad minded about treating everyone as one but he gave enough freedom to the women in his harem...a 14th century Emperor had better understanding of feminism than most of the people today
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