

She was grand daughter of Emperor Babur and daughter of Princess Gulbarg and Khwaja Nur ud-din Muhammad Mirza. Princess Salima Sultan( 23 rdFebruary 1539- 27 th December 1612): Married in September 1561 his cousin S alima Sultan widow of his Prime Minister/Commander in Chief Mughal army Nawab Bairam Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, the Vice regent of the Empire.Abdullah Khan’s daughter(name not recorded): Married at Mankot, 1557, a daughter of Abdu’llah Khan Mughal (kinsman).She is one of the three chief Queens and main consort of Emperor Akbar and his chief advisor in political affairs. She is buried in mughal gardens- Kabul next to her father Hindal Mirza and was born in the borders of Russia. Hindal Mirza the youngest and favourite son of Emperor Babur and brother of Emperor Humayun. She was the longest serving Empress of mughal empire(49 years) and the youngest(11 years of age). Princess Ruqaiah Sultan(1542-5 th Feb 1626): Akbar married at Ghazni in 1552, his cousin Ruqiya Sultan Begum Sahiba daughter of his paternal uncle, Shahzada Abu Nasir Muhammad Hindal Mirza.He had 36 chief wives and 3 chief consorts that included the Empress of Mughal Empire Ruqaiah Sultan, the Empress of Hindustan Hira Kunwari(mother of Prince Salim) and Salima Sultan He had around 300 wives, secondary wives and concubines in total. Jodhaa-Akbar is their untold love story.Here is list of his 35 wives taken from jehangirnama and other official records. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge now did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. But little did Akbar know that when he married Jodhaa (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), a fiery Rajput princess, in order to further strengthen his relations with the Rajputs, he would in turn be embarking upon a new journey – the journey of true love. Maharana Pratap also banned inter marriages between Rajputs who had given their daughters to the Mughals and the ones who did not. Maharana Pratap and many other Rajputs always considered Akbar as a foreign invader.


Through a shrewd blend of diplomacy, intimidation and brute force, Akbar won the allegiance of the Rajputs. After having secured the Hindu Kush, he furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. Political success knew no bounds for Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan). Jodhaa Akbar is a sixteenth century love story about a political marriage of convenience that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodhaa.
