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Jehangir, though married to mansingh's sister(man bai),
compelled Mansingh's son, Jagat Singh, to surrender his daughter
to the imperial harem. In a way, therefore, he was so blinded by
his lechery that he found nothing wrong in marrying both Manbai
and her grand niece. It was because of the utter shame and
humiliation of the alien Moghuls dipping at their will and
pleasure into their sacrosanct homes and carrying away Hindu
women that Raja Bhagwandas stabbed himself, Daswandh committed
suicide, a remonstrating Mansingh was sought to be throttled and
poisoned by Akbar, and Mansingh's son Jagat Singh drank himself
to death.
jagangir hated Akbar so much that as early as 1591 A.D. i.e. when Jehangir was only 22 years old, he poisoned Akbar.
Salim alias Jehangir had Abul Fazl, a so called gem of Akbar's court, ambushed and murdered.
murder/suicide of manbai(cousin/first wife of jahangir,):
A year or two later Prince Salim committed yet another murder. The victim this time was Hindu wife Manbai, sister of Mansingh and daughter of the Jaipur royal family, who was first wife of jahangir.
In one version of Jehangirnama it is stated that she died after a three-day fast. But it is well known that no one dies by a three-day fast. In another version it is stated that she committed suicide by taking poison. But in contemporary chronicles it is variously stated that she died following a quarrel with a harem-colleague or with Jehangir himself. The latter version is the most plausible because Jehangir was known for his propensities to murder people in cold blood . Had Manbai not been murdered, there would have been an inquiry into her death. But neither Akbar nor Jehangir batted an eyelid, much less ordered an inquiry into Manbai's death; it shows that she was the victim of a plot by Jehangir . It was because of this foul murder of his sister, only about a year before Akbar's death, that Mansing plotted to bypass Jehangir, his own brother-in-law, and instead proclaim Prince Khusru (Jehangir's son by Manbai) as emperor.
jagangir hated Akbar so much that as early as 1591 A.D. i.e. when Jehangir was only 22 years old, he poisoned Akbar.
Salim alias Jehangir had Abul Fazl, a so called gem of Akbar's court, ambushed and murdered.
murder/suicide of manbai(cousin/first wife of jahangir,):
A year or two later Prince Salim committed yet another murder. The victim this time was Hindu wife Manbai, sister of Mansingh and daughter of the Jaipur royal family, who was first wife of jahangir.
In one version of Jehangirnama it is stated that she died after a three-day fast. But it is well known that no one dies by a three-day fast. In another version it is stated that she committed suicide by taking poison. But in contemporary chronicles it is variously stated that she died following a quarrel with a harem-colleague or with Jehangir himself. The latter version is the most plausible because Jehangir was known for his propensities to murder people in cold blood . Had Manbai not been murdered, there would have been an inquiry into her death. But neither Akbar nor Jehangir batted an eyelid, much less ordered an inquiry into Manbai's death; it shows that she was the victim of a plot by Jehangir . It was because of this foul murder of his sister, only about a year before Akbar's death, that Mansing plotted to bypass Jehangir, his own brother-in-law, and instead proclaim Prince Khusru (Jehangir's son by Manbai) as emperor.
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