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So I was just looking at some articles about Shivaji and Saibai's interpersonal relationship. Not just for the romantic aspect of it, but also for an insight into what makes great emperors like Shivaji Maharaj tick. History does tell us about their achievements and conquests, but I'd like to know about the silent figures like Saibai lurking in the background of their lives, supporting their convictions and encouraging them when needed. Deconstructing historiography, or the way history is studied, so to speak.
Apparently there's a book called "Shivpatni Saibai"😊 written by Dr. Sadashiv Shivade.
About the book, it says:
" There have been many accomplishing and successful women in the Maratha history who had been contributed directly or indirectly for the eventful image of the royal administration.As the royal mother Jijabai had an important part in the tenure of Shivaji Maharaj,wife Saibai also played vital part in his life.
This historic literature depicts the political and interpersonal relations of Shivaji Maharaj and Saibai which also proves that behind every successful man there exists a woman.It has contributions of Saibai along with her interactions with her husband Shivaji,father-in-law Sahaji,mother-in-law Jijabai. This book also displays the character sketch of Saibai with the details of her birth till the end of her life."
Source: http://www.sahyadribooks.org/books/shivpatnisaibai.asp?bid=323
What I wouldn't do to get my hands on that book!😛 But it's in Marathi, so I wouldn't understand it anyway.😉
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