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| Rajput Princess for the Mughal Emperrs |
The Delhi Sultanate was relatively new in Delhi. Rajputs, the rulers of North India from Punjab to Rajasthan and Delhi had lost most of North and North-West India to the Turkish invaders from Afghanistan. They fought valiantly till the end and their women took their own life to protect their honor. As time passed, Rajputs were becoming increasingly disadvantaged and politically irrelevant. The Moghul Babur from Uzbekistan defeated the Turko-Afghan Sultanate in Delhi and annihilated the last of the Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga of Chittor.
Rajputs found an innovative way of reclaiming their political power. Rajput rulers became allies of the Mughals, but at a price. They sent their daughters to the imperial harem for political favors. The practice lasted 150 long years, from 1562 to 1715. The first Rajut princess given to Mughals was Jodha Bai of Amber (Now Jaipur) and the last one was Indira Kanwar of Marwar (Now Jodhpur).
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| Prized possession of Conquest - Indian princess |
The daughter was obviously nothing more than a pawn in her father's politicking?
Rajput Consort of Humayun
Mah Chuchak Begum (Persian: ماہ چوچک بیگم; died 28 March 1564), meaning "Moon flower", was a wife of the second Mughal emperor Humayun. She was daughter of a Rajput King from NW Frontier region as her name clearly indicate Hindu origin. Not much is known about her origin but she was an ambitious lady who ruled Kabul for some time when Humayun was engaged in India.
Rajput Consort of Akbar
Mariam-uz-Zamani (Persian: مریم الزمانی, lit. 'Mary of the Age'), (c. 1542 – 19 May 1623) was daughter of
Raja Bharmal of
Amber and married to the Mughal emperor
Akbar. She has also been referred to by several other names, including Hira Kunwar, Harkha Bai, and Jodha Bai.
Mariam-uz-Zamani was born in 1542, the daughter of
Raja Bharmal of
Amber by his wife Rani Champavati, daughter of Rao Ganga Solanki. Her paternal grandparents were Raja Prithviraj Singh I and Apurva Devi, a daughter of Rao Lunkaran of Bikaner.
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| Maryam Zamani and Emperor Akbar |
The wedding, held in Sambhar, Rajasthan was a political one and was a sign of complete submission of her father to his imperial overlord. The Rajputs of Amber (a very small kingdom in Rajasthan) benefited from this alliance and acquired immense wealth and power. Mariam-uz-Zamani's brother
Raja Bhagwan Das became commander of 5,000 cavalry, the highest position available at that time, and bore the proud title
Amirul-Umara (Chief Noble). His son,
Man Singh I, rose even higher to become commander of 7,000 cavalry.
'Mariam-uz-Zamani' was in fact a title bestowed on her by
Akbar on the occasion of their son's birth. Her son was Akbar's successor
Jahangir, who turned out t be a religious zealot and prosecuted many Hindus and Sufi saints. He ordered the execution of Sikh
Guru Arjan Dev in Lahore.
Rajput Consorts of Jahangir
Shah Begum (Persian: شاہ بیگم; c. 1570 - 16 May 1604), meaning 'the royal lady', was a Rajput and the first wife of Prince Salim better known as the
Emperor Jahangir.
Born as
Manbhavati Bai, she was the daughter of
Raja Bhagwant Das, the ruler of Amer. She was the niece of
Hira Kunwar who was married to Emperor Akbar, and the mother of
Jahangir. Mnbhavati Bai became the mother of Jahangir's first son
Khusrau Mirza. On his birth, Manbhavati Bai was given the title of
Shah Begum meaning "The royal lady".
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| Manbhavati Bai with Emperor Jahangir |
She was described to be a very beautiful woman. She was a neurotic woman, quick to take offence over imagined insults, for which there was plenty of scope for a Rajput princess in Jahangir's polygamous and predominantly Muslim household. "
The lady [Shah Begum] was over ambitious of an ascendancy over the other inmates of the harem, and grew violent at the slightest opposition of her will" said Inayatullah. "
From time to time her mind wandered, and her father and brothers all agreed in telling me she was insane," writes Jahangir.
Jagat Gosain (Persian: جگت گوسین; died 19 April 1619) meaning 'Mistress of the World', was the consort of Mughal emperor Jahangir and the mother of his successor, the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. She was given the posthumous title of
Bilqis Makani.
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| Jagat Gossain, Consort of Emperor Jahangir |
By birth, she was a Rajput princess of
Marwar (present-day
Jodhpur) and was the daughter of
Raja Udai Singh (popularly known as
Mota Raja), the Rathore ruler of Marwar and the sister of
Sawai Raja Sur Singh, Rathore ruler of Marwar.
After submitting to the Mughals,
Udai Singh decided to give his daughter
Jagat Gosain in marriage to Akbar's eldest son, Prince Jahangir. Some Rajput nobles did not like the idea of their kings marrying their daughters to the Mughal emperor, as they considered it a sign of humiliation and degradation. The discontent among the nobles gave rise to a rebellion led by
Kalyandas Rathore. The rebellion was soon put to an end by Raja Udai Singh after a siege of the Siwana fort and the killing of Kalyandas Rathore.
Jagat Gosain was 12 years old when she was married the 16 year-old Prince Salim (later known as 'Jahangir' upon his accession). Although the marriage was a political one, Jagat gave birth to Jahangir's third son,
Khurram ("joyous"), who was to become the future emperor
Shah Jahan. After the birth of the son, Jagat Gosai was given the title
Taj Bibi, meaning 'crown wife'.
Jagat Gosain lost her husband's favor soon, after the arrival of her arch-rival in the imperial harem,
Nur Jahaṇ of Lahore.
After her death, Jahangir ordered that she be called
Bilqis Makani ("the Lady of Pure Abode")
Rajput Consort of Aurangzeb
Rahmat-un-Nissa (Persian: رحمت النساء بیگم) (died c. 1691) also known by her maiden name
Nawab Bai, was a secondary wife of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. There are conflicting accounts of Nawab Bai's parentage but she was a Hindu who married Aurangzeb in 1638 as part of a political alliance. She gave birth to Aurangzeb's first two sons, including
Bahadur Shah I, who became emperor in 1707.
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| Rahmat-un-Nissa or Nawab Bai |
Aurangzeb whose grandmother and great grandmother were from Hindu Rajput, went on to become most radical Mughal Emperor and a fetish for converting Hindus by force to Islam. Some sources quote Nawab Bai as the daughter of Rajput Raja af the
Rajauri in Jammu. When
Shah Jahan demanded a tribute of money, the Raja sent him this granddaughter,
Nawab Bai, who was noted for her beauty, goodness and intelligence. Although she had given birth to Aurangzeb's first son, still his first wife, the Persian princess,
Dilras Banu Begum, remained Aurangzeb's chief consort.
Rajput Consort of Shah Azam
Rahmat Banu Begum (Persian: رحمت بانو بیگم; born c. 1656), was the princess of Kingdom of
Assam and one of the wives of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Azam Shah.
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| Rahmat Banu Begum or Nangchen Gabbaru of Assam |
Her real name was
Nangchen Gabharu and she was the only daughter of
Swargadeo Jayadhwaj Singha, king of
Assam from
Ahom Dynasty. She famously resisted Assam King's submissive plan to hand over Guwahati to the Mughals.
When Mughal general
Mir Jumla defeated
Jayadhwaj in the war, he made a truce with Mir Jumla on a condition for which his daughter
Nangchen Gabharu had to be sent to the Mughal harem when she was only six. Her father delivered her at Aurangzeb's court on 15 January 1663. She was given the Muslim name of
Rahmat Banu Begum after her conversion to Islam, and was brought up in the imperial harem. Five years later, she was formally married to Aurangzeb's son
Muhammad Azam Shah on with a dowry of 1,80,000 rupees at Delhi.
Rajput Consort of Jahandar Shah
Imtiaz Mahal Persian: امتیاز محل; meaning "distinguished one of the palace") better known by her birth name
Lal Kunwar (Hindi: लाल कुंवर) was the Empress of the Mughal Empire as the wife of Mughal Emperor Jahandar Shah. She was a former dancing girl who exercised supreme influence over the Emperor, encouraged frivolity and pleasure which eventually led to his ignominious downfall.
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| Lal Kunwar or Imtiaz Begam |
Rajput Consort of Farrukhsiyar
The last incidence of a Mughal-Rajput marriage is particularly unsavory; it belongs to an era when the Mughal power had precipitously declined. In 1715,
Indira Kanwar was born as Marwar Princess, the daughter of
Maharaja Ajit Singh of
Jodhpur. Ajit Singh
was compelled to marry off his daughter
Indira Kanwar to
Emperor Farrukhsiyar. The Maharaja hated his Mughal son-in-law and was instrumental in Farrukhsiyar's dethronement and assassination. She left the harem after her husband's death and returned to her father's household. She converted back to Hinduism before her death.. It was the first ever instance of a Rajput princess being "restored to her own people after she had once entered the imperial harem."
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| Indira Kanwar of Jodhpur |
She was the grand daughter of
Maharaja Jaswant Singh of
Jodhpur. She was also related to
Taj Bibi Bilqis Makani, daughter of
Raja Udai Singh, the mother of the \Mughal Emperor Shah
Jahangir.
Rajput Consort of Mohammad Shah Rangila
Qudsia Begum (died 1765), was a wife of Mughal emperor
Muhammad Shah and mother of emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur. She was born of Hindu Rajput origin with her initial name being Udham Bai. She was first introduced to the Imperial Court as a dancer/entertainer after a conquest. The emperor Muhammad Shah eventually grew fond of her and took her as his third wife. She was later appointed as a
Mansabdar, a high ranking position of authority.
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| Mughal Emperor in Harem with his consort and dancing Girls from India |
After Muhammad Shah's death in 1748, her son Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725–1775) became emperor. As a widow, she took the title
Qudsiya Begum.
References
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/rajputs-their-women--muslim-rulers-524111
Great information! I have rajput friends who totally deny the fact that the Mughals and Rajputs even had marital relations. But I can understand why they would say something like that.. haha ego issues
ReplyDeleteSir I have a question for you, Where do the Rajputs come from? Are they really the offsprings of kings or the reality is different? I read Sri Dasam Granth ji and as far as I can remember it said that Janamejaya had three sons and one of his son was from a maid servant and he was called Ragiputra (Ajay Singh) later on who ever married there daughters to him were called rajputs. Please shed some light over there history.
Rajputs are warriors clans from NW India but they are not Kshatriya (Khatri). When Kshatriya power was diminished after Mahabharata, a new group of warriors entered Punjab and later in NW India. Brahmins anointed them as sons of Kshatriya after running a fire ceremony or Yagya on Mount Abu, Rajasthan, The fire of the Yagya purified the newcomers came t be known as Rajputs. Their origin is from the steppes of central asia and they are related to Scythians and included a mixed group of migrants.
DeleteFake information . Fake history created by communist historians . Indian history is distorted
Deletethe truth is that they are all the children of so called rajput nobles either from wives (better lineage as Chauhan or rathore) or from lesser lineage from courtiers as Rana etc.
DeleteThank for the reply.
ReplyDelete1) And then who are the Rajputs that Dasam Granth is talking about?
2) Who was this person named Ajay Singh and is he talked about in other scriptures?
3) is the word Rajput derived from raajiputra?
Sorry if my questions sound bit controversial but You seem like someone who knows what he is talking about and will provide me with a non biased answer. Can I have your email? I also had other questions and if you don’t feel comfortable sharing this info I totally understand.
Thank you Sir.
YOU GAVIN...I DONT THINK UOU ARE A TRUE INDIAN...YOU ARE DARBARI AND FULL OF HATRED FOR YOUR WARRIORS....NOW AS YOU ARE TRYING TO HUMILIATE AND DOWNGRADE THE RAJPUT COMMUNITY BEING THE FACT THAT YOU ARE AMONG THOSE INDIANS WHO JUST READ ONE BLOG AND ONE POST AND ACCEPT THAT AS A TRUE HISTORY... BY THE WAY THE HISTORY IS ALWAYS A MYSTERY AND CANNOT BE RELIED UPON TRULY...AND IF I TELL YOU THE MEDIEVEL HISTORY IS ONE THE MOST PARTIAL AND UNCLEARED HISTORY OF INDIA....
DeleteNow GAVIN coming To your point RAJPUT WHICH WAS DERIVED FROM RAJPUTRA NOT ONLY MEANS RAJA KA PUTRA BUT THE WARRIOR CLAN AND ALL THOSE WERE CONSIDERED AS KSHATRIYAS... IF YOU READ SHRIMAD BHAGWAT PURAN THERE ALSO VARNA SYSTEM IS MENTIONED.. THIS MEANS VARNA SYSTEM WAS A PART OF OUR SOCIETY BUT THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO DISCRIMINATE WHICH LATER WAS PROMOTED AND WE TODAY THINK THAT THIS WAS THE REAL TRUTH BUT LET ME CLEAR YOU THAT VARNA SYSYTEM WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADMINISTER THE SOCIETY IN A BETTER WAY...TO DIVIDE THE WORK AMONG DIFFERENT PEOPLE SO THAT A SOCIAL ORDER COULD PREVAIL... BUT LATER DUE TO SOME MERE INTENTIONS OF HUMAN THEY MANIPULATED THE SYSTEM AND MADE IT DISCRIMINATING...
DeleteAnd one more thing GAVIN SAMRAT ASHOKA HAS ONCE SAID IF YOU HARASS AND HUMILIATE ONE SECTION OF THAT SOCIETY THEN IT IS NOT THE INSULT OF THAT SOCIETY BUT THE INSULT OF YOUR OWN COMMUNITY AS IT SHOWS YOUR INTENTION YOUR FEELINGS.... FROM YOUR WORDS I WOULD TELL YOU THAT ITS GOOD THAT YOU EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS BUT REMAIN IN YOUR LIMITS AS THE WAY YOU HARASSED THE RAJPUT COMMUNITY DOUBTED ON IT...THIS SHOWS THAT YOU DONT RESPECT YOUR SOLDIERS YOUR COUNTRY YOUR MARTYRS....ITS EASY TO INSULT THE RULERS ITS EASY TO FAVOUR THE MUGHALS....BUT THINK OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR ARMS...WHO LOST THEIR EYES...WHO LOST THEIR REST...WHO HAD TO GIVE UP THEIR FAMILY...REMEMEBER THEM WHO DESPITE BEING OFFERED HALF INDIA STILL PREFFERED TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY....REMEMBER THAT HORSE THAT ELEPHANT WHO CANNOT BE COMPARED WITH ANYONE IN TERMS OF LOYALTY..... SO NEXT TIME BE CAREFUL WHILE INSULTING RAJPUTS.....JAI HIND
DeleteYa ONE MORE THING EVEN IF WE ARE SAID TO BELIEVE THIS THAT RAJPUT WOMEN WERE MARRIED TO MUGHALS....SO ITS OK!! BUT THERE ARE EXAMPLES OF MUGHALS OFFERRRING THEIR WOMEN TO RAJPUT WARRIORS... BUT DO YOU KNOW THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THAT MUGHALS USED THESE WOMEN AS A SOURCE OF PLEASURE AND A MACHINE TO PRODUCE CHILDREN... BUT RAJPUTS ON THE OTHER HAND RESPECTED THEM AND GAVE THEM EQUAL PLACE AS THEIR OTHER RANIS... MUGHAL HAREM...
DeleteWHAT TO SAY ABHI TAK TO TUM MERE COMMENTS PAD KE THAK GAYE HOGE BUT WHAT TO DO MEIN APNE DESH KE JABAAZ VEERO KA APMAN AUR UN PAR UTHAYE GAYE AMANYA SAWAALON KO SEHAN NAHI KAR SAKTI.... HISTORY HAS ONE MORE ASPECT RAJPUTS OFFERED THEIR GIRLS SO THAT THEY CAN MAINTAIN A JUST RULE ON THEIR SUBJECTS...THEY SACRIFICED THEIR DAUGHTERS TO PROTECT THEIR SUBJECTS TO PROTECT THEIR NATION TO PROTECT THE AKHAND BHARAT TO PROTECT HINDUTVA...TO STOP CONVERSION.... TO STOP THE EFFECT OF HAREM ON OTHER INNOCENT WOMEN....
DeleteEVEN CHANAKYA SAID THAT EK RAJA KO APNI JANATA KO PITA KE SAMAN PYAR KARNA CHAHIYE CHAHE USKE LIYE USSE APNE PARIVAAR KO BHI TYAGNA PADE.....RASHTRA PARIVAAR SE BADH KAR HOTA HAI...... EVEN TO PROTECT MAURYA EMPIRE NAD AKHNADTA OF BHARAT CHANAKYA MADE CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA TO MARRY HELENA DAUGHTER OF SELUCUS....I HOPE APKI THODI DRISHTI KHULI HOGI
Mr Jiya, your comments come from a lot of emotion. Rajputs are indeed the honored warriors of Indian society. Their contribution and sacrifices must be respected by all patriotic Indians. Who can forget great warriors like Bappa Rawal who defeated the Arabs and the West Punjab city of Rawalpindi is dedicated in his memory, Raja Anangpal of Lahore, Rana Sangha, Alha-Udal, Samrat Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharana Pratap, and so many other countless warriors to name a few. Sacrifice of Rajput women is also worth mentioning starting from Rani Padmini and hundreds others who chose to die in Jauhar and not be captured by marauding invaders. In fact Chamkaur Garhi the fortress from where Guru Gobind Singh waged a successful battle against Mughals was offered to him by a Rajput chief. We bow our head in respect for the supreme sacrifices of Rajput warriors and Rajput women.
DeleteBut we have to be fair and honest about history. Many Rajput chiefs survived by forging matrimonial alliances with Mughals. In fact they were the reason why Mughals were able to rule over India for hundreds of years. Not a single Rajput Raja fought against the British also. We must state that these coward Rajputs do not represent the brave Rajput people. People do embarrassing things for survival.
I have written an unbiased blog on this topic, Please read this and post your comments again. Link: https://malicethoughts.blogspot.com/2017/04/rajput-history.html?sc=1654122598574
hey arav ,you are wrong,rajuputs are not only in rajasthan.ruling kings of rajasthan except jagirdar of auwa everyone denied to fight against british government,comig to outside from rajasthan there are countless rajputs princely states which were destroyed by british government along with their fort/fortress.only in awadh 1748 fort were destroyed by british government.many such examples are raja veer kunwar singh parmar of jagdishpur,raja narayan singh of pawaigarh riyasat{chouhan}[Bihar],raja sheoram bhadur singh ju deo of argal{gautam rajputs}, rajas of amethi,tiloi,bhadri,balrampur,prtapgarh and many more.
DeleteAgreed .. Rajputs have illustrated history all over India. Even Punjab was ruled by Punjabi Rajputs before the Afghan invasion. Raja Jayapala rof Janjua dynasty uled from Lahore to Kabul. His son Anandpal fought bravely all his life. The cities of Rawalpindi (Rawals), Sialkot (Sials), Gujranwala, (Gurjara Prathara) Bhatinda (Bhatti) and Pathankot (?) were centers of Punjabi Rajputs. It was A Rajput chief who gave Chamkaur, his Garhi to Guru Gobind Singh ji to make a stand against the Mughals. Even the Sikh royal family of Patiala are offshoot from Bhattis of Jaisalmer. This article was primarily focused on the Rajputs kingdoms of Rajasthan who made a deal with the Mughals, with exception of Maharan Pratap.
DeleteShame on Rajputs
ReplyDeleteShame on you Communal bastard
DeleteWE SHOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING BRO😟.
DeletePlease do not post derogatory comments about any community. Rajuts are great warriors who sacrificed a lot for the nation. These great warriors include, Raja Jaypal, Rana Sangha, Alha - Udal, Prithviraj Chauhan, and Maharana Pratap. Punjabi Rajputs vanished fighting the invaders and many converted to Islam. Lets not forget Chaudhary Jagat Singh, a rajput who gave his Garhi (fortess) to Guru Gobind Singh ji to take a stand against the Mughals.
DeleteThe objecive of the blog was to highlight the inter-marriages between Rajputs and Mughals that shaped the generations of Mughal dunasty.
Alha udal was not rajput okkk
DeleteGive proofs that Mah Chuchak Begum was a Rajput.
ReplyDeleteBtw, Ranjit Singh Sandhanwalia was a Shah Jehani Jaat himself. Your women were little more than concubines.
It hurts that bad? The meaning of Mah Chuchak Begam in Sanskrit is "The great nipple sucker". As the name is Sanskrit based and not Pashto or Persian, its is self explanatory that Mah Chuchak Begum was from a Hindu family. The tirle "Begum" means wife of a Muslm of aristocratic status.
DeleteMaharaja Ranjit Singh was a Sandhawala Jatt and not a Shahjehani Jaat as you mistakenly mention. He infact had maany Muslim and Hindu Rajput wifes and concubines. His muslim consorts include, Moran Sarkar and Gl Bahar. His Hindu Rajput consorts included, Mehtab Devi, also known as Guddan and Raj Banso, the two daughters of Raja Sansarchand of Kangra. Both sisters committed Sati on his funeral as per Rajput tradition.
I'm a Rajput and yes few Marriages did happen for political reasons , but they were not one sided like many think , here's a list of few marriages of Mughal/Muslim princess with Rajput Kings and nobles as well
ReplyDelete1.Man Singh was married with Akbar neice Mubarak daughter of Adham Khan.
2.Babar daughter was married with Dharamchand katoch.
3.Khilzi daughter Firoza was in love with veeramdev.
4.Chatrsal Bundela married Ruhani begum daughter of Nizam of Hyderabad.
5.Jagmal Rathore of marwar married Gindoli daughter of Mahmud Begada.
6.Man Singh son Jagat Singh married to Maryam daughter of Sultan kutub Khan.
7.Bappa Rawal Married several Muslims Queens during her campaign to central Asia.
8.Hanwant Singh married Jubeida begum.
9.Viramjeet Singh married Muslims girl.
10.Rana Uday Singh married Lala bai begum.
11.Gaj Singh Marwar married Anara bai begum widow of sultan of Delhi.
12. Tekari Raj Kings married many Muslims girls.
13.Rao kelhan bhatti married Muslim girl.
14.Rana kumbha married many Muslims queens when he defeted mahumd Khilzi.
15.Bundela Rajputs have many concubines like Mastani.
But what people don't know is such political marriages were done on the basis of political reasons not by seeing someone's religion , but one sided marriages were very common even before Mughal and Rajput marriages took place , the first marriage in India between a Muslim Ruler and Hindu Ruler is recorded between Maratha King of Deogiri Ramdeva Yadava's daughter and Sultan Khilji , and from then trend continued even the likes of cht Sambhaji and cht RajaRam married their daughters with Bahmani Sultanate Kings and nobles but they were one sided as the Muslim Kings didn't marry their daughters with any Maratha King or noble , the last account of such marriages was recorded between Bapu Saheb Scindia brother of DaulatRao Scindia Marrying his daughter with the son of Pathan Pindari Nawab of TONK Amir Khan
https://www.royalark.net/India/tonk3.htm
vijayanagara's Rama Deva Raya married his daughter to Khilji is a well known fact , one can read Ferishta and Abu Fazl
Ahom Kingdom's Lachit Borpukan's niece was married to a Mughal Sehzada
Below are the other sources:
Maasir-e-Aalamgiri, translated by JadunathSarkar, pg 287
Position of Marathi in the kingdom of Bijapur, Dr Abdul GaniImratwale
Impact of Hindu culture on Muslims by MoesinSaeediMadani, pg 127
Tarikh-e-Ferishtah by Muhammad QasimFarishtah
History of Aurangzeb by JadunathSarkar, Volume-V
History of Dekkan, translation of Ferishtah by Jonathan Scott, pg 113
History of Khaljis, K.S. Lal
Akbarnama, AbulFazal
**See Baba ShadiShaheed, a presently revered Sufi saint formerly Dharam Chand Chib of Kashmir. He has both Hindu and Muslim desendants from his Hindu Rajput and Mughal wives, respectively**.
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DeleteThe khatriyas, Rajputs were the warrior class and failed to do Dharma (duty). Rajputs scared of getting defeated, choose an easy way surprisingly, developed opportunistic marriage alliances with Mughalsin exchange for political favours.
DeleteMythbuster, Thanks for sharing the other side of the matrimonial alliances between Rajputs and Mughals. People in power often forge these alliances to keep them in power .... its true to both sides.
DeleteVery erudite,interesting stuff
ReplyDeleteAfter reading SOME OF YOUR comments I AM FEELING VERY DISAPPOINTED AND ASHAMED THAT SOME OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS..have so much hatred towards our SHOORVEER YODHAS...By the way I would like to tell you that THE HISTORY WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TOLD TODAY ESPECIALLY THE MEDIEVEL ONE IS ALL DARBARI...ITS MORE FAKE THAN REAL... HAVE we ever been told about The immoral inhumane PRACTICE OF MUGHAL RULERS.. have we ever been told about MUGHAL HAREM ABOUT CONVERSIONS AND MASS KILLINGS OF HINDUS.. HAVE WE EVER BEEN TOLD THAT MANY OF OUR TEMPLES WERE DESTROYED BY MUGHALS JUST TO PROMOTE THEIR ROOTLESS ISLAM.... AND TODAY we question our RAJPUTS we question the KSHATRIYA community... WE question the BRAVE MARTYRS....Basically the fact is KI HUM YEH BELIEVE HI NHI KAR PAA RAHE HAI KI BHARAT MEIN KISI SAMAY PAR AISE MAA KE BETE OR BETIYAAN THI JINHONE APNE SULH APNE PARIVAAR SE BADH KAR APNE DESH KO AAGE RAKHA ....
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments .... The objective of my blog was to share the historical fact of matrimonial alliances between certain Rajput clans and Mughals, Its in no way disrespectful towards the entire Rajput community. You will agree with me that a vast majority of Rajputs sacrificed their all in the fight against the Islamic invaders, Rajput women also gave their sacrifices. Full respect to them all with my heart.
DeleteBut then there were other Rajput chiefs who sold their soul to the devil, for example Raja Jaychand of Kannauj who invited Ghori to India, Jaipur clan who married their daughters to the Mughals and became an instrument of suppression of Indian people - Raja Jai Singh sided with Mughals against Shivaji, Himachali Rajas joining Aurangzeb against Guru Gobind Singh, and Raja Chhatrasal joining Bahadurshah against Banda Singh Bahadur. The treachery and treason of these handful Rajput chiefs should not be used to malign the brave community of all Rajputs. History is harsh sometimes but TRUTH always prevails.
NOW ONE MORE THING KSHATRIYA CLAN IS NOT ONLY ABOUT RAJPUTS....AND THE MEANING OF RAJPUT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK.... RAJPUT MEANS WARRIOR CLAN.....WARRIOR CAN BE ANYONE BE IT A BRAHMAN DYNASTY LIKE SHUNGA DYNASTY BE IT A DAASIPUTRA I.E. CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA... WE DONT DISCRIMINATE ANYONE... BASICALLY ITS OUR MENTALITY WHICH MAKES US FEEL THAT RAJPUTS CONSIST OF ONLY RAJPUTRA... NO NO NO... KSHATRIYA CLAN IS OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR THEIR NATION....
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Rajputs were given the honorary title of Raj-putra and forged into the Hindu Varna system. Kshatriyas fought for this nation for thousands of years, starting from the Aryan Kshatriyas whose descendants are Khatri tribes of Punjab. When Kshatriya power diminished after Mahabharata and invasions of Persians in NW India, the task was picked up by other clans such as Yadavas, Gurjara Pratihara, Rajputs, and others. The task continues ....Guru Gobind Singh ji created Khalsa warrior by assigning the task of Kshatriyas to people of all castes.
DeleteThank you 😊
DeleteSO STOP HUMILIATING RAJPUT COMMUNITY AS THEY WERE THE ONES WHO LOST THEIR ARMS..... THEY WERE THE ONES WHO LOST THEIR EYES.....THOSE FEMALE WARRIORS WHO CUT THEIR HEAD FOR THEIR NATION....THAT BRAVE FEMALE WHO DID JOHAR to protect her self respect.... TO PROTECT THE DIGNITY OF FEMALES OF THE NATION.....
ReplyDeleteRespect to brave Rajput women who preferred to commit Jauhar instead of falling in the hands of invaders as bounty. It takes a lot of courage to do something like that .... I bow my head in respect to our mothers. Not forgetting the sacrifices of adolescent Rajput princess who were married off to the barbaric invaders by their selfish fathers and had to endure the indignity of their harems.
DeleteI don't understand why you mainstream Indians hate Assam so much.There is no ahom princess called rahmat Banu begum.If she exist,why she is not mentioned in ahom buranji,e.a gait The history of Assam,and even the celebrated Assamese historian hk barpujari,and sl barua does not mention about her.And invasion is invasion,not Hindu Christian or Muslim.Sher Shah Suri,rooted about Mughals and established Suri dynasty.Even in maratha and Ahom,many muslims fought against Mughals.
ReplyDeleteBrother, I am a Sikh and not mainstream Indian and I have a lot of respect for Ahom people who defeated Maghals. Guru Teg Bahadur negotiated a bloodless peace treaty between Ahoms and Raja Ram Singh of Jaipur in 1668. My mention of Ahom princess is based on research. Ramani Gabharu ( born c. 1656), was the princess of Assam and wife of Mughal emperor Muhammad Azam Shah. She was sent to the Mughal harem as part of the Treaty of Ghilajharighat in 1663 and was renamed Rahmat Banu Begum . She was the only daughter of Chaopha Sutamla, king of Ahoms and his wife Pakhori Gabharu, the daughter of Momai Tamuli Borbarua. She was the niece of Lachit Borphukan and Laluksola Borphukan. She was a brave woman and famously resisted Laluksola Borphukan's plan to hand over Guwahati to her husband.
DeleteLink1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramani_Gabharu
Link2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Ghilajharighat