Salim stalking behaviour exceeding limits - Page 2

Originally posted by: myviewprem

Salim blinded Khusrau not killed him for revoting against him second time(first time he was house arrested)

Shah jahan killed Khusrau in his custody in Deccan

Murad was very good friends of Salim once they became adult although as teenagers they were suspicious of each others ambitions. Indeed Akbar was fed up of Murads nafarmanis as much as Salims. Later on daniyal also started defying Akbars orders.

Daniyal also had no fights with Salim although Akbar was considering to make Daniyal or Khusrau as heir apparents and in will wrote his wife and kids gaurdian should be Salim after his death. Daniyal composed Hindi songs and sent to Salim(when hes away on wars etc) and Salim sent him animals like horse, elephant and others as daniyal loved animals. Once Daniyal wanted salims favourite horse and Salim loved that horse very much but gave it to Daniyal as he asked for it.

Ideally Salim should be plotting with Mahabhat behind Akbars back. That would be more of history!!!! But not now once hes 30 years old not so young

Salim never had war with Akbar as decipted in Mughal e azam

Originally posted by: myviewprem

Salim never killed or tried to kill Akbar

Once when Salim was in early 20s Akbar was unwell and Abul fazl suggested that may be Salim had poisoned him. Later it was discovered that the meat Akbar had eaten was rotten(or contaminated). Salim always felt Abul Fazl and others instigated his father against him hence killed Fazl.

Salim did not kill any of his half brothers or nephews.

It was Shah Jahan who killed 3 of his step brothers(Khusrau, Jahandar, Shariyar). Parvez (Its said Nur Jahan was involved in that murder or he died excessive drinking). Shah Jahan even killed 12 other male relatives that included Murad and Daniyals sons(his cousins) and Khusraus children etc. Thats why Jahanara and Roshana did not marry because no cousins males left to marry them. Mughals married within cousins because otherwise outsider is threat to emperor throne.

Aurangzeb killed majority of his brothers(he had 4 brothers), one escaped to some Burma forest but no one knows what happened later. He killed Dara Sikohs all sons and only left daughter alive because she was 5 years old than.

Till Shah jahans time, no brother step or own brother(or nephews etc) was killed. If they revolt than they were ordered to go Mecca or blinded not killed.

Originally posted by: yyy

He tortured his own son and then blinded him when his son tried to go against him .The point here is they had no human emotions when it came to power . Well Salim did revolt against Akbar but might not be for Anarkali but more for the power and the way he was treated by Akbar .Abdul Faz was brain washing Akbar against Salim and in one incident Akbar openely accuses Salim of killing Akbar even though Salim had no hand in it .All this strained the father and son relationship further . This forced Salim to kill Abdul Faz causing further damage.

See the point is Mughals never had a bond with either father/son/brothers and they were ready to kill each other for power so Salim going against Murad and Daniyal is not something out of place for me

Originally posted by: Donjas

As usual your knowledge of historical stuff is so interesting to read. In my personal opinion, Salim or Jahangir is not easy to like. He was not a dashing military commander like his father, he was addicted to alcohol and opium, he abdicated royal responsibilities, but most importantly for me, he killed Guru Arjan Dev.

I have mixed feeling about the serial Dastaan, on the one hand the sets are sumptuous, if they had been available in JA, they would have taken the serial to a much higher level. On the other hand in Dastaan, the story and direction is garbage.

Originally posted by: srilotus

Very interesting thread. I was never good in history nor even today.May be that's the reason, for me this serial and the characters are fictional. So I guess I am the only one here who is liking everything about this serial.

I somewhere read both Daniyal died at the age of 19 due to excessive drinking.And something same happened to Murad.

Salim revolted Akbar when he was 21 or 22 ,he was desperate for acquiring the Mughal Empire.In 1605 just after the death of Akbar ( after 7 days of Akbar's death),Salim captured the throne. He married to Noor Jahan in 1611 before killing her husband in 1608.

The love story of Salim and Anarkali is a story that every lover knows. The Mughal prince Salim falling for a courtesan Anarkali is the stuff that legends are made of. The relationship of Salim and Anarkali outraged the Mughal emperor Akbar so much that both father and son decided to go on war.

According to legend, Salim, the son of the great Mughal emperor Akbar, fell in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali as a young prince. Anarkali, whose title means "pomegranate blossom" (a title bestowed for her beauty) was famed for her dancing skills as well as her great beauty. It is believed that her original name was Nadira or Sharf-un-Nisa.He was mesmerized by her beauty and fell in love as soon as he saw her. But Anarkali was a mere dancing girl, and dancing girls were not of noble birth. They were considered to be low-born and keeping any relation with them were looed dow and strictly prohibited by the society. Anarkali knew that their romance was forbidden in the eyes of the prince's father, Mughal Emperor Akbar. So she tried to keep away from Salim. But how could she hold herself back from the prince's charms for long? Love knows no rules, and soon Anarkali too was deeply in love with Salim.

But such an intense love can't be concealed forever. The emperor could not digest the fact that his son was in love with an ordinary courtesan. He started pressurizing Anarkali and devised all sorts of tactics to make her fall in the eyes of the young, love smitten prince. When Salim came to know of this, he declared a war against his own father. But the mighty emperor's gigantic army proves too much for the young prince to handle. He gets defeated and is sentenced to death.

This is when Anarkali intervenes and renounces her love to save her beloved from the jaws of death. She is entombed alive in a brick wall right in front of her lover's eyes. It is, however, said that she did not die. The tomb was constructed on the opening of a secret tunnel unknown to Salim. It is said she escaped through that tunnel and fled the place, never to return again. The heartbroken Salim lives on to become emperor Jahangir.

But he could never forget his one true love Anarkali, in his lifetime. When he died, her name was on his lips.

Thus ends the tragic love story of Salim and Anarkali. Even today, these two lovers are remembered by people and held in esteem by lovers all over; such exemplary their love was.

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Salim and Anarkali (Legendary Romance)