Mera dil tut gaya:'(Mirza ne Jodha ke pair chuye - Page 9

really...?
mirza is 9yr old😆😆😆

This is very interesting and informative, my dear, thank you for sharing it with us.

My comment about Salim having taken over the mantle of chief troublemaker after Mirza Hakim died was not meant to be taken literally, in the sense that he started out as soon as his uncle died. . It was more of a figure of speech: Salim was a rebel for a good part of his adult life, and was surely the most troublesome and worrying for Akbar, as he was the heir apparent. the rebellions by the others would not have affected Akbar as much.

Do put in these comments on my thread of yesterday as well, and I will add this response of mine there. It would be interesting for all my readers.

On a different tack, it is very interesting if you contrast the bloody wars of succession in many of the Delhi dynasties, especially the Mughal dynasty, with the peaceful transfers of power among the medieval South Indian kings.

Take the Cholas, for example. They were at the height of their power in the 11th and 12th centuries. The Emperor Raja Raja Chola was the greatest of the Chola dynasty, and he had a most obedient and loving son in Rajendra Chola, who conquered Ceylon, went on successful expeditions to Southeast Asia, and right up to the Ganga as well. His father abdicated and became a monk in his old age, and Rajendra became the Chola emperor. He built a great Shiva temple at Gangaikondacholapuram, but out of respect for his father, he made sure that the height of the temple tower, the gopuram, was less than that of the Rajaraja temple at their capital, Thanjavur.

It was the same with many of the other South Indian dynasties, the Cheras, the Pandyas of Madurai, the Hoysalas of what is today Karnataka and so on. I wonder why there was this crucial difference.

Shyamala B.Cowsik

Many reasons Akbar married many wives, killed his uncle Kamran's sons, sent bairam khan his mentor and foster father off so that he can rule independent, basically he had none to question him from age of 18 to 63 except his mom may be who was very mild and innocent. So kids observe all that and want to follow that Second is friend company- when you are super rich and powerful you get friends who are parasites who want to feed of you(16th or 21st century) they misguide you start making you feel your family is your enemy especially for someone like salim who went alone to battles without mom-dad and siblings on long durations. It requires a mature human to not get swayed by them which jehangir was not