Jodha Akbar | 26th Feb 2015..God Track Part-3 Brief Update

Hi all,

I watched the episode of Jodha Akbar just now, as i could not catch it at 8 PM today. !

By now, you all must have read updates of what happened in the show. I watched the episode to see if there was any political development amidst the dramatization, in this God Track.!

Previous Updates :
Jodha Akbar Historical Update | Akbar trying to be God ? - Part-1
Akbar tries to injure himself | Man Singh stops Him - Part-2
 
I got some thing in this episode. So thought of posting. 
I will post a separate update on Mansoor later.

The grace by CV's is NO Ruqayya scenes and no Salim Anarkali(SA) story. That is a major reason i want this track to succeed as i can not watch SA back and grabbing the screen space.

Damage of 2-3 months can not be undone in 2-3 days, makers know this thing. It s a bit long process. I am not able to get the significance of this insect theory completely. Yesterday i thought this means that Jalal's enemies are popping up one after another.

Credit for Pic from Episode -> @JodhaAkbarTeam

But today Jalal getting infected by it was unrealistic..Though, in opinion of a friend, this is a symbolic twist to the story to show that human is helpless before Almighty, no matter how strong one is, he/she can not confront the wrath of that supreme soul who watches all of us. The CV's could have thought of a better "symbolism" if that was their motive, but anyways i am not talking about that.

The motive of this post is BASICALLY to mention a political development, as i try to keep track of such minute happenings -> Jalal announced in the DEK that the forces in Gujarat & Bengal are getting weakened(?) and they need re-enforcements. This is TRUE...

What happened was -> Akbar had won Gujarat in 1571-72, but rebels of Gujarat rose in revolt later; to counter them Akbar sent TodarMal. But an unfortunate development was that -> Shah Mansoor was given the position of TodarMal ; and made the Wazir-e-Sultanate(Prime Minister) by Akbar. Mansoor rose in prominence during this time. TodarMal and Mansoor did not see eye to eye to each other.

Since, Akbar also mentioned the revolt in Bengal in the episode. This happened at the same time, and here Daud Khan was the ruler. To counter him a Large contingent was sent, under Munim Khan, who died in Bengal in 1575 due to spread of a mysterious "epidemic". Cream of this army was wiped off by these deadly epidemic.! Later, Akbar himself proceeded and routed the ruler of this place.


In an earlier post, i mentioned that while proceeding on this war, Akbar took his select wives and his young sons Murad and Salim also with him to the war. Special attention was given to the flotilla of boats designed for the ladies.!
This was mentioned in my old post. See point 25 in this Link: Historical Tracks for Jodha Akbar
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The point 26 of this Historical Tracks Post mentions that Salima Begum was away from Agra and gone on a Haj Journey from 1575-76 to 1581-82, hence she was not present in Agra.! A separate beautiful detailed post about the Haj of Gulbadan Begum was made by Radhika here. Link: The Haj of Royal Women - An Unusual Haraman Initiative

The point 27 of this Historical Track post mentions , Mirza Aziz Koka was put under house arrest by Akbar around 1576, because he showed "signs of dissent" against administrative measures which were introduced by Akbar. 
Personally, I support Akbar in this decision, his method was strict but aimed at reducing the corruption by Imperial Officers and breaking the monopoly of some nobles, but his execution was harsh and strict.! 

So, in the show we should be ready for some harsh treatment given to Mirza Aziz Koka also. :-P
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The years of these revolts are between 1575 to 1576. In my update of God Track,{Akbar Trying to be God} you have seen that serious revolt happened in Bihar and Bengal, but the dates of those revolts is around 1580. Hence, i think the revolts which Jalal mentioned in the episode today are of earlier timeline, i mean before the major revolt mentioned in God Track Update.!
 
As i said earlier, CV's are doing some digging from history books, but they have botched up the timelines, while taking this "back leap" .!

PS:
Motive of this post is only to tell the political development amidst some "supernatural happenings" going on in the show.! The track is fine and important also but if the CV's tone down this melodrama and supernatural premonitions "a bit", the track can be enjoyed more. Only thing i want is a sensible and balanced portrayal of both Jodha and Akbar. Barring the "insect theory" it was ok today.!


So, what are your thoughts ? The track is interesting, just needs a bit of course correction.


This article has been posted under the Jodha Akbar section of history_geek's blog.


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