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الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ Allah,
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1st of each month. Criticism on an
Article about Noor Jehan Don't hesitate to
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Dear Mubashir Nazir: In this mail I will have to review the article, which
you have written and published on: http://www.mubashirnazir.org/PD/Urdu/PU03-0027-Noorjehan.pdf
. Because it is assumed that ones writing is a mirror
which reflects lights of ones character, intellect, aptitude, depth of
thinking and major characteristics of ones personality. In a detailed article
like one you have written regarding Noor Jahan the Empress of Hindustan, such
personal and intellectual qualities should definitely emerges more brightly. You have started this article with an old notion that
there is someone brilliant lady behind someone successful gentleman. I may
agree with you. But I am sorry to understand why you have given this regard
to the Emperor Jahangir, because all of your article is arguing that Noor
Jahan was a cunning woman who had got her husband addict of alcohol and by
this way grabbed all the powers of the state. And further you write that to
grab the state and power the empress spread her network of conspiracies all
over the state. After reading this article of full of flaws and
contradictions, I will have to conclude that you are an ignorant fool, in
regard of your baseless understanding of Mughal period history and
personalities. You have written that empress Noor was detained after the
death of emperor Jahangir, you did not even know what the empress has done
great works after the death of her husband. For your kind information the
tomb complex of Jahangir was built by empress Noor Jahan not by Shah Jahan.
The empress also built a tomb complex for herself which is near the
Jahangir's tomb. And if, to some extent it is true that after the death of
Emperor Jahangir, prince Khuram (Shah Jahan) and Asif Khan had restricted the
powers of Noor Jahan because it was, they think indispensable to take over
the empire, but how it affect the nobility of the Empress? Do you know how
Orang Zaib over powered his father and what went on Shah Jahan in Agra during
last years of his life? If it does not dilute the nobility of Shah Jahan why
far less degraded treatment than this would degrade the character of Empress
Noor Jahan? Your article is totally baseless, and itself
contradictory by this way it bears no worth of genuine research. I would
request you to please do read some credible works and then you will find how
to write a research article and of course we, your readers would appreciate
that effort. Please Please, don't mock with historic truths and
don't impose your readers to make a contest between Empress Noor and Empress
Mumtaz Mahal. It does not seem positive a way to find something useful. You,
in your article give nothing credible, sound and logical point regarding both
respectful ladies, then why you ask your readers to draw a conclusion for
you, from your this article. This is in fact a way to deliberately detract
the readers. It is unknown what is your purpose behind. Aown Ali Lahore, Pakistan April 2011 |
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Dear Brother Many thanks for your mail and identifying issues in my
article. There is no need to be emotional on this issue. I've nothing
personal against or in favor of Empress Nur Jehan or Mumtaz Mehal. I've
revisited the article and found that it is not about history. It simply
describes and compare two characters in order to learn a lesson. However if
something is against the facts, I'm willing to replace that. I do not deny the bright side of capabilities of Nur
Jehan but it is not the topic of this essay. Anyway, if you can provide me
with some evidence that gives indication that Nur Jehan did not control her
husband as commonly described in history books, I'm willing to amend the
article. I do not claim that Shah Jehan, Aurengzeb and Mumtaz
Mehal were angels and did not commit anything wrong. But as I said, the
objective of this article is not to describe history. It is just about
learning lessons. Whenever I'll write about history of Mogul Empire, I'll
definitely point out mistakes of Shah Jehan and Aurengzeb as well.
Definitely, none of such people are sacred and were human beings similar to
us. Objective of studying their mistakes should be to learn lessons for
ourselves and not to criticize that person specifically. Some quotations about her from independent sources are
as follows: Nur Jahan was taken to the court, and three years
later, at the age of forty, she became the royal consort. A capable woman,
she acquired such an ascendency over her husband that she became in effect
[[176]] the joint ruler of the kingdom. Coins were struck in her name, and
Jahangir used to say that he had handed her the country in return for a cup
of wine and a few morsels of food. Nur Jahan's relatives soon occupied the
chief posts of the realm. Her brother, Asaf Khan, became the prime minister,
and his daughter, Mumtaz Mahal, the Lady of the Taj, married Prince Khurram,
who succeeded his father as Shah Jahan. The influence of the gifted but
masterly queen and her relatives was not entirely beneficial, but they were
all capable people, and until toward the end of the later part of Jahangir's
reign they administered the empire efficiently. Their influence attracted a
large number of brilliant soldiers, scholars, poets, and civil servants from
Iran who played an important role in the administration and the cultural life
of Mughal India. (Muslim Civilization in India by Frances W. Prichett) After 1611 Jahāngīr accepted the influence of
his Persian wife, Mehr al-Nesāʾ (Nūr Jahān); her father,
Iʿtimād al-Dawlah; and her brother Āṣaf Khan. Together
with Prince Khurram, this clique dominated politics until 1622. Thereafter,
Jahāngīr’s declining years were darkened by a breach between
Nūr Jahān and... (Britannica) Mughal empress: For Mehr-un-Nisaa's own immediate
family, marriage to Jahangir became a great boon with several members
receiving sizeable endowments and promotions as a result. This affection led
to Nur Jahan wielding a great deal of actual power in affairs of state. The
Mughal state gave absolute power to the emperor, and those who exercised
influence over the emperor gained immense influence and prestige. Jahangir's
addiction to opiumand alcohol made it easier for Nur Jahan to exert her
influence. For many years, she effectively wielded imperial power and was recognized
as the real force behind the Mughal throne. She even gave audiences at her
palace and the ministers consulted with her on most matters. Indeed, Jahangir
even permitted coinage to be struck in her name, something that traditionally
defined sovereignty. Through Nur Jahan's influence, her family, including
her brother Asaf Khan, consolidated their position at court. Asaf Khan was
appointed grand Wazir(minister) to Jahangir, and his daughter Arjumand Banu
Begum (later known as Mumtaz Mahal) was wed to Prince Khurram (the future
Shah Jahan), the third son of Jahangir, born by the Rajput princess, Jagat
Gosaini. Jahangir's eldest son Khusrau had rebelled against the Emperor and
was blinded as a result. The second son, Parviz, was weak and addicted to alcohol.
The fourth son was Prince Shahryar, born by a royal concubine. Khurram
rebelled against his father and a war of succession broke out. Due to
Khurram's intransigence, Nur Jahan shifted her support to his younger
brother, Shahryar. She arranged the marriage of her own daughter Ladli Begum,
born of her first marriage, to her stepson Shahryar.[1] The two weddings
ensured that one way or another, the influence of Nur Jahan's family would
extend over the Mughal Empire for at least another generation. (Wikipedia) regards, Mubashir |
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Dear Mubashir Nazir Thanks for your immediate reply. Let me make a few
points clear: 1-You have written that your article is not about
history. it simply describes and compares two characters in order to learn a
lesson. My question is, which characters? Do you mean by
Empress Noor Jahan and Arjmand Bano?. If yes, then it is definitely a subject
of history. If you are minded to draw any lesson by a so called comparison
between Empress Noor and Bano, it is mandatory to have at least average level
of understanding of life and characters of both ladies. Because me and you
and your readers are not eye witness of their life and character, so it is
important to have enough understanding with sound history sources otherwise
it is an attempt like tracking with closed eyes. So that, this plea is
unacceptable that it was not an article of history and you just wanted to get
some lesson by comparing both characters. By all means it is a subject of
history, and you cannot move a single step forward if you have no
understanding of both characters, with most possibly sound sources of
history. 2-You say, you do not deny the bright side of
capabilities of Noor Jahan but it is not the topic of this essay. This is again an unrealistic and in-genuine way, if you
are minded to gain a lesson by comparing the characters of Lady Noor and Lady
Bano, why you are focused only to the areas what you have assumed as dark
parts of the characters. This is purely negative sense and states an all to
all negative state of mind. Principally when we want to compare to characters
we should have compared it with high level of honesty, sympathy and
responsibility. I say, Noor jahan had extreme level of influence on the
personality and mentality of her emperor husband. It is a historic truth and
the emperor was very satisfied and confident with conferring authorities to
his wise better-half. For that we say "وہ
تخت
و
تاج
پر نہیں تخت و
تاج
والے
جہانگیر کے دل پر حکومت کرتی تھی" So I will say she do controlled the empire because the
emperor trust her, because she was the most wise person close to the emperor.
Because she was a life partner of the emperor and he sought her assistance
and advisory. And this is the marvelous aspect of life of Empress, which
separates her of other noble women of the house of Babur. You have added some quotations from wikipedia and
website of Encyclopedia Britannica, below your mail. Thank you for this. I
well come this But again my request, why you ignore direct and detailed
sources of Jahangir's period history. I will suggest you i-Tuzik-e-Jahangiri, Empror Jahangir wrote during the
events in 1607 ii- Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India, (1611-1627) By:ELLISON BANKS FINDLY...Oxford University Press iii- History of Begum Nurjahan By: Anad, Sugam, Radha Publications, New Delhi, 1992 iv-Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World By: Lal Ruby, Cambridge University Press, New York,
2005 I can hope that you will spend some time on reading
before writing a book on history of Mughal Empire. Yours Sincerely Aown Ali
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Dear Brother Assalam o alaikum Many thanks for your mail and arguments. Also thanks
for providing the list of books. I'll definitely read them if I plan to write
something on Mogul empire. I'm convinced with your arguments and will amend the
article accordingly. Since the objective of article is just to give a lesson,
therefore, I'll use some fictitious characters instead of giving Noor Jehan
and Mumtaz Mehal as examples. Please feel free to share your views on my
other books and articles. Thanks once again for drawing attention. regards, Mubashir |
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Dear Mubashir Nazir I am very pleased and thankful to find your agreement
to review that particular article which had been under discussion between us.
I will request you to change it thoroughly, rather pen a new one discussing
the facts regarding the life of Empress Noor Jahan. You will be wonder to
know that She was not only an authoritarian as it seems generally, but also a
qualified house wife. knitting, house decoration, cooking, dress designing,
teaching young girls, she was very expert in all such fields which are
considered major expertise of a house wife. If you will require I will share
all the details I know about inventions and modifications made by Empress
Noor. All these things are also repeatedly discussed in articles available on
net, also. Best Regards Aown Ali Note: The article was deleted from my website after
this email. |
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