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Sharf-Un-Nissa or Nadira Begum was a slave girl who migrated to Lahore from Iran with
a traders caravan. A servant in the royal harem of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, she was a
skilled singer and a graceful dancer. One day when the empress ordered her to sing for
the Emperor, she mesmerized him completely. He was so captivated with her voice as well
as beauty that he entitled her with a suitable name of Anarkali Bud of a
Pomogrenate.

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Akbar fell prey to her beauty and even made her his concubine. She was a slave and so
was made a concubine, Im sure if should have been of blue blood, Anarkali would have
been suitable to become the Emperors next queen. With her intelligence and beauty,
Anarkali soon became Akbars favorite concubine. Not many in the royal harem were
pleased with Akbars love for her and soon women got jealous of her. However, it was not
just her beauty that captivated Akbar, it was Anarkalis ability too.
Anarkali was greatly talented when it came to fine arts and this delighted the Emperor
who was a great connoisseur of art himself. She was also a skilled miniaturist and even
painted in the Lahore Palace. Historic records reveal that she was the mother of Prince
Daniyal, Akbars second son after Prince Salim.
Anarkali and Prince Salim
It is not a secret that Prince Salim, the son of Akbar and Harkha Bai was a rude spoilt
boy who spent most of his time in wine and women. Fed up of his bad habits, Akbar had
sent Prince Salim to the army so that he could learn how to be a good ruler. Following
which he was brought back to the kingdom.

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It was the month of April, spring was in the year when Lahore was celebrating Akhri
Charshumba, the second month of the Islamic calendar. The royal family male members

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were getting reading for the function. Sadqua, the offering of all kinds were getting

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ready in a gold plate with silver jowls of mustard oil and before offering the cold coins
the male members were seeing their face. Salim too was offered the plate and while
seeing his reflection, he saw the beautiful Anarkali. And this is how the passionate love
affair started.

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Soon the two met covertly in the gardens of Lahore, expressing their love to each other.
However, true love like fire cant be hidden for a long time and tales of their love soon
started circulating. One of the jealous concubines then confronted the news to the
Emperor. At first the emperor could not believe his ears and so he ordered his loyal
eunuch to keep a watch on the two. The two lovers, however, were not aware of the
watching spy and continued their romance. The eunuch soon confirmed the news to the
Shahenshah who was furious with both, the betrayal of his concubine and the treachery
of his son. And so he resolved to give her the exemplary punishment by sending Salim to
another mission and punishing Anarkali brutally.
The End

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There are two entirely different versions of the end of this beautiful woman.
First, she was taken to the region near current Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore by Akbars

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guard men and buried alive in a large ditch after strapping her to a board of wood.
A second description of the story illustrates that the Emperor Akbar helped Anarkali run
off from the trench through a series of secretive tunnels with her mother only with the
guarantee of Anarkali to disappear from the Mughal Empire and never to return back.
Thus it is not known whether Anarkali survived or not after 1599. This was the version
adopted for the famous bollywood movie Mughal-e-Azam. The clip from the movie shows
Salim trying to rescue Anarkali from Agra.

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P.S: Anarkali was 44 when she was having an affair with Prince Salim who was 30. Prince
Daniyal was 27 at that time, the story however doesnt find any mention in the AkbarNama and Ain-i-Akbari for obvious reasons. The name Anarkali has been immortalized in a
curious way in todays times Anarkali Salwar suits and dresses, popular as formal wear,
owe their name to her.

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aashagupta amonthago

Idon'tbelievethis.akbarafterjodhahadchangedcompletelyandanarkaliwassalim'sage.
akbarandjodhalovedeachother
salimandanarkalilovedeachotheronly.
anywaythereissomerealitythatwedon'tknowbutallthefactsgivenifputtogethertellthat
anarkaliandsalimlovedeachotheronly.anywaysthismakebettersenseandIhopethisis
wanthappened.that'swhytheirlovestoryistragic.wellformoredetailsweneedatime
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meharunnissa ayearago

PrinceDaniyalwasthethirdson,youswalloweduppoorPrinceMurad

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Deepti>meharunnissa ayearago

Yep,youareright.However,Daniyal'snamewasmentionedjusttoconnecttheentire
sequenceandconnectionbetweenSALIM.since,therewasnothingrelatedtoMurad
hisnamewasignored...
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JawaharGandhi ayearago

Thisarticleispurenonsenseb*llsh*tanddoesnothaveanydocumentedhistorical
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Deepti>JawaharGandhi ayearago

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