02-18-2008, 06:12 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2008, 06:18 AM by Bharatvarsh.)
Let me give my take:
1) There was no Jodhabai
2) Akbar's "wife" Heera Kunwari was converted to Islam upon biah.
3) Akbar had over 30,000 Hindu civilians massacred because they happened to be kaffirs.
4) He kept writing letters abroad to Islamic authorities saying that he has a grand strategy and that he was still a true Muslim.
5) He called himself a Ghazi.
6) In the battle of Hadilghati he is recorded as saying that the Muslims should shower arrows indiscriminately since either way a kaffir would get killed and it didn't matter if he was on the Mughal side.
5) Even when he removed Jizya there was no guarantee that the lower officials didn't collect it being the bigots they were, this was pre modern times and in the vast rural area Akbar didn't have any personal say.
6) The personal actions of Akbar put into doubts about the truth of his "broadmindedness", as an example:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Akbar first attempted to restructure the nobility between 1560 and 1575 when revolts by Turani nobles severely compromised his position. No wonder it was during this period that he entered into matrimonial alliances with Rajput kings, besides abolishing the pilgrim tax (1562) and jizya (1564). Yet, the moment the clouds of uncertainty were cleared, he reverted to his old habit, which was most disdainfully seen at Chittor in 1568, when Akbar ordered the massacre of 30,000 peasants taking refuge in the fort. Seven years later, jizya was re-introduced.
Finally, Akbar turned 'secular' in 1580-81, when he faced existential crisis at the hands of his fellow religionists. Only Indian Muslim and Rajput nobles remained loyal to him during that period, while his foreign nobles -- Turanis and Iranians -- either revolted or remained non-committal. This understanding led to a definitive shift in Akbar's attitude, leading to the abolition of jizya for the second time in 1580.
http://www.boycottjodhaaakbar.org/news1.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is no hint at the complex processes that went into the shaping of Akbar�s policies, nor the fact that he started his reign as a conservative Sunni Muslim monarch. He, after all, re-christened Hindu holy cities (Prayag being the most notable), imposed the jaziya and pilgrimage tax, and even indulged in forcible conversions in the early part of his reign. Though he ultimately did seek a more neutral legitimation, at least by way of supplement, the state under him remained unmistakably Muslim. 70% of his nobility consisted of foreigner-Muslims. The Hindu representation was confined to the Rajputs, there being just four other Hindus in the upper echelons of the nobility. These were Birbal, Todar Mal, his son, and another Khatri.
http://www.voiceofdharma.com/indology/th...view1.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
7) It was under him that Farsi became the official language.
8) Akbar did not do Hindus any favor by his alleged "tolerance", that is the natural behavior expected from rulers in Bharat.
9) People who glorify or celebrate him are spitting on the memory of Maharana Pratap Singh and his countless followers.
1) There was no Jodhabai
2) Akbar's "wife" Heera Kunwari was converted to Islam upon biah.
3) Akbar had over 30,000 Hindu civilians massacred because they happened to be kaffirs.
4) He kept writing letters abroad to Islamic authorities saying that he has a grand strategy and that he was still a true Muslim.
5) He called himself a Ghazi.
6) In the battle of Hadilghati he is recorded as saying that the Muslims should shower arrows indiscriminately since either way a kaffir would get killed and it didn't matter if he was on the Mughal side.
5) Even when he removed Jizya there was no guarantee that the lower officials didn't collect it being the bigots they were, this was pre modern times and in the vast rural area Akbar didn't have any personal say.
6) The personal actions of Akbar put into doubts about the truth of his "broadmindedness", as an example:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Akbar first attempted to restructure the nobility between 1560 and 1575 when revolts by Turani nobles severely compromised his position. No wonder it was during this period that he entered into matrimonial alliances with Rajput kings, besides abolishing the pilgrim tax (1562) and jizya (1564). Yet, the moment the clouds of uncertainty were cleared, he reverted to his old habit, which was most disdainfully seen at Chittor in 1568, when Akbar ordered the massacre of 30,000 peasants taking refuge in the fort. Seven years later, jizya was re-introduced.
Finally, Akbar turned 'secular' in 1580-81, when he faced existential crisis at the hands of his fellow religionists. Only Indian Muslim and Rajput nobles remained loyal to him during that period, while his foreign nobles -- Turanis and Iranians -- either revolted or remained non-committal. This understanding led to a definitive shift in Akbar's attitude, leading to the abolition of jizya for the second time in 1580.
http://www.boycottjodhaaakbar.org/news1.htm<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->There is no hint at the complex processes that went into the shaping of Akbar�s policies, nor the fact that he started his reign as a conservative Sunni Muslim monarch. He, after all, re-christened Hindu holy cities (Prayag being the most notable), imposed the jaziya and pilgrimage tax, and even indulged in forcible conversions in the early part of his reign. Though he ultimately did seek a more neutral legitimation, at least by way of supplement, the state under him remained unmistakably Muslim. 70% of his nobility consisted of foreigner-Muslims. The Hindu representation was confined to the Rajputs, there being just four other Hindus in the upper echelons of the nobility. These were Birbal, Todar Mal, his son, and another Khatri.
http://www.voiceofdharma.com/indology/th...view1.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
7) It was under him that Farsi became the official language.
8) Akbar did not do Hindus any favor by his alleged "tolerance", that is the natural behavior expected from rulers in Bharat.
9) People who glorify or celebrate him are spitting on the memory of Maharana Pratap Singh and his countless followers.