Greater Rajputana
Greater Rajputana

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Thread🧵: Rajput-Muslim Love❤️
This thread is on the Marriages of Rajput Princess with various Mughal Emperors with sources.
These were only one-way marriages wherein rajjus voluntarily married off their daughters.
First is Emperor Akbar who in total married 12 Rajput Princess
Note @rudrabhoj's illustrious ancestors had also married their daughters to Akbar & Prince Salim.
Second we have Emperor Jahangir. Jahangir had also married Man Singh's sister and his granddaughter.
During the marriage of Manbhawati Bai (sister of man singh) to Jahangir, her father (Bhagwan Das) proudly called her a MAID of Mughal Palace & himself a SLAVE of Mughals 😂
Third we have Emperor Shahjahan. He had established an interesting law wherein the first night rights of any wedding involving Rajputs was to be given to the Emperor.
Then we have Aurangzeb. After kachawaha's if there's any other clan who cvcked the most then it's the Rathores
After all there was a race among Rajput Rajas for gaining favours from Mughals in exchange for daughters in marriage & Kachawahas n Rathores did an excellent job in it
R@pist rajju kang Ajit Singh Rathore had married off his daughter to Mughal Emperor Farrrukhsiyar.
Apart from Mughals, Rajjus also voluntarily married their daughters to non-mughal muslim kings for petty political benefits.
One of the famous case being that of Rao Maldeo who married off his daughter to Nagaur Muslims for availability of few horses.
Mind you no marriage was forced. It was always the Rajput side who came up with the proposal.
This thread was just on Rajput Princesses & not on ordinary rajput women. It will require another thread on the amount of rajput women in harems of mughals & other muslim sultanates.

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