Dara Shukoh: An Emperor Who ‘Fused His Spiritual Explorations With Political Ambitions’ | The Wire
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- In this video interview for The Wire, author, historian and translator Rana Safvi speaks to Supriya Gandhi on her book - 'The Emperor Who Never Was: 'Dara Shukoh in Mughal India'. Gandhi says that the reason she wrote this book was to understand how Dara Shukoh, as a Mughal prince never let his spiritual explorations detract him from his political ambitions. She says that one of the main themes her book delves upon is the becoming of Dara Shukoh into a philosopher-king. She also explains to Rana Safvi that she wrote the book in a narrative style so that it could reach a much wider audience and not just academics.
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In 1633 ,Dara Shukoh was appointed as the heir apparent of his father. He was Shahjahan's favourite children. He was a liberal minded ,unorthodox person who didn't believe in radical islamic ideology. He was a very profound scholar and he wrote vast amount of literature.He studied Quran as well.He translated many hindu religious and spiritual text from Sanskrit to Persian.He was very fond of Indian culture. This fact does not go well down the throat to these pseudo secular western historians.They all the time try to mallign him through their books and literature.He was the rightful successor of Mughal dynasty but he was murdered by his younger brother Aurangzeb in persuit of the throne .Aurangzeb was a very cruel,Orthodox person. He killed his own elder brother who was the heir apparent of his father.
Have you read the book? Dara Shukah was not capable to rule the country. Let us not put forth our personal agendas? Aurangazeb, whether we like or know, is the greatest emperor of all the time. Of course, he was not perfect. He has broken Islamic Law to protect his throne. He had more hindu staffs than anybody else.
@@synhope3746 Greatest emperor?
What kind of crap is this?He ordered demolition of several Hindu temples. He ordered the assassination of the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur, for his symphapthy to Kashmiri Brahmins.He reintroduced Jezya(a tax levied on Non muslims).Aurangzeb’s treatment of his father and brothers is also depicted as a testimony of his cruelty. He imprisoned his own father in Agra after usurping throne from him.He banned music throughout the empire.He murdered all his brothers.He is also alleged to have sent his captive father the decapitated head of his eldest brother, Dara Shukoh,Shah Jahan favourite Son.
Where is the greatness?
If apparently this is your definition of great then you need help.I don't subscribe to your crap ideas of greatness either.
@@synhope3746 ever heard of history? Many orthodox Muslim supported aurongzeb cuz of his views. That's why Dara lost. Do you think aurongzeb commanded his army himself?
@@synhope3746
Wrong, Aurangzeb wasn’t the greatest emperor of all time if he was he wouldn’t get asswhopped by the Marathas, rajputs, Sikhs, afghans etc.
@@synhope3746
What? Aurangzeb's failure to deal with the administrative and economic crises, his 30-year long Deccan campaigns that worsened the crisis, his religious policies and intervention in affairs where he didn't need to that alienated a lot of important nobles and led to rebellions, his his constant paranoia that made his suspect everyone around him and prevented his sons from ever gaining proper political and military experience along with other factors contributed to the demise of the empire.
We need more and more educated people to throw light into our history to lead the present to a better future
For that you need to acknowledge the civilizational icons who may not be Muslim. That's hard right? Anyways.
The alternate history based on 'What if' always fascinates the serious clans.
The concept of alternate history is a big fictional genre in USA. There is an author named Harry Turtledove who specializes in such themes.
1633 में, दारा शुकोह को अपने पिता के उत्तराधिकारी के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया था। वह शाहजहाँ के पसंदीदा बच्चे थे। वह एक उदार विचारधारा वाले, अपरंपरागत व्यक्ति थे, जो कट्टरपंथी इस्लामिक विचारधारा में विश्वास नहीं करते थे। वह बहुत गहरा लेखक था और उसने बहुत बड़ी मात्रा में साहित्य लिखा था। उसने कुरान का भी अध्ययन किया था। उसने संस्कृत से फारसी में कई धार्मिक और आध्यात्मिक पाठ का अनुवाद किया था। वह भारतीय संस्कृति का बहुत शौकीन था। यह तथ्य इन धर्मनिरपेक्ष होने का दावा करने वाले पश्चिमी इतिहासकारों के गले से नीचे नहीं उतरता। वे हर समय अपनी किताबों और साहित्य के माध्यम से उन्हें आघात पहुँचाने तथा उनकी छवि को खराब करने की कोशिश करते हैं। वह मुग़ल वंश के सही उत्तराधिकारी थे लेकिन उनकी हत्या उनके छोटे भाई औरंगज़ेब ने सिंहासन के लालच में की गयी थी।औरंगज़ेबर एक बहुत ही क्रूर, रूढ़िवादी व्यक्ति था। उसने अपने ही बड़े भाई को मार डाला जो उसके पिता का आधिकारिक उत्तराधिकारी था।औरंगज़ेब का अपने ही बड़े भाई के प्रति ईर्ष्या का एक और सबसे बड़ा कारण उनका हिन्दू धर्म के प्रति झुकाओ था।दारा शिकोह एक बहुत ही ज्ञानी व्यक्ति थे।उन्हें हिन्दू धर्म की महानता का बोध हो गया था क्योंकि उन्होंने कई सारे हिन्दू धर्म के धार्मिक ग्रंथो का अनुवाद किया था।यही बात इन पश्चिमी इतिहासकारों को नही भाती है।
where is your coverage on sharjeel imam who is a regular contributor to your website content?????
Destruction of nations & bloodshed of innocent human beings in the name of mazhab is in the mazhab & DNA of mazhabis.
But, what happened to those Hindus who are supporting mazhabis ???
@Ajay Singh ????? who are you responding to ?????? Pls read my comments and posts properly...
@@romeshkumar7908 lol 😂 bhai usne bina dekhe likh diya
Looks promising... definitely my next read!
Excellent work team wire
Yesterday I was in the Jaipur Literature Festival where her book displayed in showcase.
ye muslim insaniyat ki baat karte hai....bolte hai sabhi log saaman hai....to phir inhe common civil code ko jarur support karna chahiye......😀
Destruction of nations & bloodshed of innocent human beings in the name of mazhab is in the mazhab & DNA of mazhabis.
But, what happened to those Hindus who are supporting mazhabis ???
Great knowledgeable
This People think by doing this they can make Hindus Liberal....Produce a Muslim majority Secular nation...Then talk...
Do keep up the good work
Wonderful! 🌹🕊️
(Hats off to The Wire too...)
He was very spiritual person and very soft person .It was unfortunate to India that he had not become king of India.
One of the more civilised un-bigoted programs on wire
Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, was like his great ancestor Akbar, a very liberal and enlightened Musalman and a true seeker of truth. Akbar respected all religions - Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, Sikhism, etc., and gave their votaries complete religious freedom. He was ever keen to discuss and understand their religious beliefs, practices and philosophy and, in order to make the Musalmans familiar with the culture, and universal values, philosophy and traditions of India, he had the great epics of India - Ramayana and Mahabharat - translated into Persian. He also arranged for the translation of the Atharva-veda.
Continuing the unfinished work of Emperor Akbar, Prince Dara Shukoh too, assisted by the Indian scholars, got translated Bhagvad Gita, Prabodha Chandrodaya (a philosophical drama written in 1065 A.D.), and Yoga Vasistha into Persian. He also translated fifty two Upanishads, which are the fountain-head of Indian philosophy, with the help of learned Pandits from Banaras, well versed in the Vedas and the Upanishads. The translation of the Upanishads by him entitled Sirr-i-Akbar (The Grand Secret) was completed on the 28th June 1657, shortly before the commencement of the War of Succession, which he lost to his crafty and unscrupulous brother, Aurangzeb who ruled India from 1659-1707.
Nice and interesting
Nice news video
A question for Supriya....
A fantastic book, I am going through. But why are the paintings not in colour? ?
By rendering them monochrome, they have almost lost their lives !!
What the name of the hidden book mentioned at 16.49
kitab al maknoon...the secret book...dara opined that upanishads were that secret book mentioned in the quran.
This People think by doing this they can make Hindus Liberal....Produce a Muslim majority Secular nation...Then talk...
Great Person The sikoh
Dara sukoh was great then what was Aurangzeb
@@sarfrazahmed5289
He was even Greater than that Gaddar
@@DrStrange234 Aurangzeb is that you? Shivaji killed you right? 😭
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Villager killing a Emperor thats real funny
Go read his bio
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@@sdutta9545 twitter.com/vivekagnihotri/status/1221371273130807296?s=20
इन जिहादियों की असली सच्चाई सामने आ गई है
Bhai in sab ki mat suno inhi the wire wala sharjeel(jnu student) ab assam ko bharat se alag karne ke bayan deke logo ko bhadka raha hai aur ndtv usse deshdrohi ki jagah alleged bata raha hai
It annoys me that these scholars end up abroad.. Even though their research is based in India..
FUN FACT ALL OF YOUR HISTORY BOOKS ARE WRITTEN BY COMMUNIST ABOVE THAT THE ROMILA THAPAR WENT TO ENGLAND TO KNOW ABOUT INDIA 😂😂😂😂THATS WHY U KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT MUGHALS BUT NOTHING ABOUT THE MARATHAS AHOMS SIKH PLS DO SEARCH WHICH WAS THE LAST EMPIRE TO FALL TO BRITISHERS ,WHICH EMPIRE FOUGHT MAXM WARS TO BRITISHERS U WILL BE SURPRISED BY THE RESULT😂🤣🤣ALSO SEARCH ABOUT KHILAFAT MOVEMENT WHICH U MIGHT HAVE READ AS NATIONAL MOVEMENT
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Also read check about Mooplah Riots or Malabar rebellion which was right after Khilafat movement ended.
Dara Is My Favoraite Mughal🇮🇳🙏🏼
I am the wire fan
twitter.com/vivekagnihotri/status/1221371273130807296?s=20
इन जिहादियों की असली सच्चाई सामने आ गई है
The Waire ki Sachai
Bhai in sab ki mat suno inhi the wire wala sharjeel(jnu student) ab assam ko bharat se alag karne ke bayan deke logo ko bhadka raha hai au
शेरवानी तुम एक बार मेरे पास आ जाओ, सारी समस्या का हल निकाल दूंगा,
तुमको परेशान होने की जरुरत नहीं होगी,
Pls find another stage for ur bakwaas
@@sodhisingh2846 bahot khoob kaha sir
If Aurangzeb was alive today he would have subscribed to the Wire
He would be deported to Pakistan😂😂 he can subscribe anything living there
@Sami There are many Aurangzeb's alive today- rotting in jail, and others waiting to be sent to hell.
Madam i want to KNOW that how much salaries will u get after completion og ur phd in history.
Any video on Sharjeel imam.
Your columnist ?
Destruction of nations & bloodshed of innocent human beings in the name of mazhab is in the mazhab & DNA of mazhabis.
But, what happened to those Hindus who are supporting mazhabis ???
Nigaah e fakeer me Shaan e Sikandari kya hai
Jo malakulmouth ki nazar padneke badh jisme ki hi.
Another Hindu girl kidnapped and converted into Islam in pakistan karchi.... 53 in last 75 days
Request you to make a similar episode for revealing the real authentic history of Emperor Aurangzeb. Was he so cruel as said by many ?
Plz check UA-cam Channel Satya Hindi.. They made it very clear with references..
No he was a peaceful man. So peaceful that he killed his own brother , brothers and countless Hindu subjects.
How could anyone believing in Islam not be peaceful ? You should not ask such silly questions , it isn't a militaristic cult like Buddhism is after all , is it?
he was very cruel indeed, historic kings tend to be cruel, but he regressed backwards instead of progressed forwards (in terms of mindsetr), which led to the fall of stability in india
Please in Hindi 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Bhai in sab ki mat suno inhi the wire wala sharjeel(jnu student) ab assam ko bharat se alag karne ke bayan deke logo ko bhadka raha hai
Why hindu word is not even mention rather indic is mentioned?
Because this channel is left oriented. 🙂
Rana Safvi and Supriya Gandhi, try and explore and spread knowledge about the rule of the Great Indian kings and their dynasty instead of glorifying freaking conquerors. Learn and spread the history of dynasties like the Mauryas, the Cholas, the Guptas, of greats like Vikramaditya, Ashoka. Jai Hind.
That's ancient history. Not pre modern or early modern empires. Mughals gdp was 27 percent of walds gdp. Where as at the same time Europe empire gdp was single digit.
@@bengalsupremacist idiot, it was whole India's gdp...which was even greater before mughals....which finally reduced to 20% in Mughals and crippled during British
@neil. This is silly. It’s like people who say, who are the real English peoples.
Fact is that all those people who lived in India before the Mughals were invaders too. They came, they conquered and settled. It’s just that, that Mughals were one of the last. We won’t count the British because they conquered but never settled.
India belongs as much to the Mughals as it did to other dynasties such as what you say. Mauryas and Cholas etc
@@bengalsupremacist Lol. Before the Turks, it was 34% highest in history. What's your point? India was in it's golden age under the Hindus, not muslims.🙂
Mauryans pioneered united administration, tax administration and coinage and spy systems and universities in their time. Marathas did it again in the modern age. Mughals did nothing. They died at the hands of Marathas. Simple.🤧
Hindi me
Bhai in sab ki mat suno inhi the wire wala sharjeel(jnu student) ab assam ko bharat se alag karne ke bayan deke logo ko bhadka raha hai au
शेरवानी दीदी मेरी शादी का क्या होगा.
Why don't you marry with your mother instead of dadi. Your mother is young you will get more pleasure. This is your Sanskaar BJP and RSS feed you such type of fake patriotism. Shame on you and your family.
This People think by doing this they can make Hindus Liberal....Produce a Muslim majority Secular nation...Then talk...
Destruction of nations & bloodshed of innocent human beings in the name of mazhab is in the mazhab & DNA of mazhabis.
But, what happened to those Hindus who are supporting mazhabis ???
Hindi me 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Dara Shikoh was not capable to rule.
Mugal history of india
Hindu elite didn’t know sanskrit and spoke/wrote in/and read persian. Let’s not talk about why.
Talk About Aurangzeb Aalamgir rh not D....
When you said RH, then you cannot write a book. Stop worshiping people. Islam prohibits. that.
Kuch bhi karo,
Kuch bhi dikhao,
NRC to lagu hoga.
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All efforts will goes invain.
This is democratic country, democracy means in short Government of the people, Government for the people, Government by the people.
@@HM-lb8ss No it's because of you kattar hindutva supporters.
@@suptaguin3229 no no ! we have seen kashmiri pandits,
Jihadi muslims,
Muslims thoughts,
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
Now we want only hindu rastra,
Despite on the basis of blood bath, like Gujarat 2002.
@@nidhin5514 khuch bhi bolo koi fark nahi parta,
Ab hindu jaag chuka hai.
@@HM-lb8ss Tum sahi ho ab janta jag chuki hai isiliye to BJP itna baukhla gaye.