Jodha Akbar: Episode 68 - Miscarriage Investigation Arc - Page 4

I believe because it ain't really that easy to kill a Queen consort, a principal one at that. Killing Jodha would have been bad for Mughal Empire. Rajputs would never ever trust Jalal, he would have way too many problems with conquering Rajputana.

And I haven't even accounted for Jalal here, it would be stain on his honour if his main Begum just gets killed. I mean what kind of an Emperor would he be? Someone who couldn't protect his wife, how would he protect his Empire? Plus, he would launch a investigation into it. He wouldn't rest until he finds her killer.

On another tangent, Maham would not want to make a martyr of Jodha and dishonor the Empire. Plus, Maham has since the very beginning known that Jalal is obsessed with Jodha, he's attracted towards her, he's in love with her (though he doesn't himself know yet).

But Maham was the first to know that Jodha was threat for her for this reason. Killing Jodha wouldn't have achieved her goal of control on Jalal, because there's no idea in what way he might spiral into from that grief, he would be uncontrollable.

Atleast that's my POV.

Well I think since infant mortality was quite high during that time, it's fairly easy for Maham to kill babies, but make it seem like a natural death. Since miscarriages were common too, and at times hard to detect the cause for it.

Though I would imagine it's much more difficult for a healthy, fit Queen to just suddenly drop dead of natural causes without any unseen cause for it. Though she could have made some 'accidents' happen around her, but considering her security, it may not be possible to plot, who knows?

now that you ask that question, it all puts everything within perspective. here is my theory: Maham knows that Jalal is beginning to stake a lot in Jodha and she learns this upon the shaadi in the serial. as you remember, during the shaadi track, she suggested that Jalal save himself the trouble of the wedding rites (implying that he should just make Jodha his concubine or just 'take' her into his harem) and Jalal glared at her for making that suggestion. then, she watches how Jodha seems to get away with certain offences, even if some of those offences were machinations from Maham herself.

the closest Maham came to actually getting rid of Jodha for good was during the miscarriage track when she framed Jodha and her brothers for Ruqaiya's miscarriage. fortunately for her, Jalal was not using logic and came close to actually executing them. unfortunately for her, Hamida and the qazi had pleaded on their behalf, creating enough time for the artisan who created that box (a loose end on her part) to come and blow everything in her face. the second time was when Jalal had already planned to divorce Jodha and send her back to Amer...well, until Mainavati came in and told the latter she cannot come to Amer as a divorcee. the third (which was purely foolishness on Jodha's part) was when she removed the bullets from Jalal's gun and bro got injured by the tiger, and Jodha chose to tell everyone what she did (even after Jalal told her to not tell anyone what she did) and the harem blamed her, claiming she wanted to kill Jalal.

anyway, for my theory on why Maham chose to use Benazir, Sujamal and Atifa...directly killing Jodha would be social and political suicide. for one, there is the Rajput side who would most likely not take it if a Rajvanshi daughter was killed by a camp they are still learning to trust. in fact, I am kind of surprised that Amer was not aware that Jodha had drank poisoned kheer to save the Shehenshah, as well as the events that led to her going that far. Maham doing that would create a war, one which might be catastrophic for an empire that is still finding its bearings. even if the Mughals had the upper hand, it would have cost a lot of labour because it is likely that it would not just be Amer waging war against them.

secondly, if Maham had directly assassinated Jodha, people would most likely trace it back to Maham and it will end up badly for her. there will be people in the court observing who is allied with whom and who is whose enemy. should Jodha die from any political scheming, people would most likely point the finger at Maham.

again, these are my theories, and I could be wrong here.

lol, you answered this before me 😩😂. you took the words out of my mouth because Maham directly assassinating Jodha will be basically suicide. I mean, toward the latter episodes where Sharifuddin's father attempted to assassinate Jodha, Jalal had located the old man and drowned him for that. it would be worse if Maham had tried it honestly.

You articulated it much better than me though😆. Indeed, that is what I think too. Jodha and Jalal's marriage was so essential politically and socially for the Mughal Empire's survival in India. For as much as Maham hated Jodha, she wanted the Mughals to prevail over Hindustan. This would have seriously dented their ambitions quite a lot.

And yes lol, Jalal literally had that man torturously drowned just for attempting to kill Jodha. Maham wouldn't have fared at all, because even in his earlier hatred phase, he still is obsessed with her to point of being on edge of his sanity.

like someone once said, the line between love and hate is extremely thin, and obsession is what ties them. Maham definitely knew about Jalal's feelings before he could even name them, and any attempt to kill Jodha will end horrifically for her and the empire.

instead, she would rather create an environment in which Jalal removes Jodha, so it would look like it was by his own hands that Jodha was eliminated, instead of hers.