This is the story of a Fugitive King....
Of a King who spent his life without a kingdom.....
Of a King who spent his life without a kingdom.....
I have just come to a conclusion that in history a lot of people turn into numbers for most like for example Humayun everyone has heard of him and years for schooling has made him ( with meticulous mugging up) 1508 - 1556 AD.
A lot happened between these dates which are out shined by two men ( Babur and Akbar) who were directly related by blood line to him ( For the clueless Humayun was the son of Babur and father of Akbar).
Miniature painting of Babur with his Son Humayun
Ok, why did I suddenly remember Humayun? His death for some reason popped into my head during a gtalk chat.
Humayun for one of the riches to rags to riches story with a very filmi life! He started of as the son( eldest one too) of the most powerful king and helped Babur conquer major parts of India. After Babur's death in 1530 he inherited the kingdom at the age 0f 23! ( Well young dashing king what could go wrong )
This kingdom was won in a battle but Humayun could not establish a vague semblance to government with the Afghans ( from whom they conquered Delhi) and the Rajputs ( with whom as I said in the previous posts their relation was everything but cordial) at biting at their heels. To add on.... he was cursed with a set of three conspiring brothers ! ( Jinx working like wild fire) With all this kichdi cooking he lost the kingdom very soon to Sher Shah Suri ( Yep! the Grand Trunk Road Guy ) !!!
So here went the handsome daring prince who was a fugitive without a kingdom! He then in a long course of events he marries the princess from Persia ( married in Sindh, his bride followed him and conceived his first son Akbar in Sindh, making him pretty much eligible to be an Indian citizen by birth I guesss and and and...... I just read a legend that this guy was soooo broke at this point of time that he did not have anything to give his men.... he just had a li'l musk which was broken and given to all..... and at this point he said let his sons fame spread like the smell of musk! Phew! quite prophetic! ) and ropes in the Persian Kings support to conquer back his kingdom.
And after 15 years Humayun conquered back his kingdom... If nothing else we should simply remember his king for his perseverance, optimism and grit ( We loose moral with one job loss! 15 years without the kingdom for a king is ..... )
But we also tend to ignore that in an era of barbarian rulers Humayun was an intellectual ( he was very religious, but haven't heard any fanatic stories). He forgave his conspiring siblings, and did work in art and science blah bah .... In short the kingdom was going all goodie goodie , hunky dory....
But in 1556 Humyun was at this library and at the time of the evening prayer call he tripped over his second floor library ledge ( Keep the ledges high!) and fractured his skull to meet his death ( Well a filmi ending for a filmi life! and ya he did manage to say some more goodie things before dying )
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi built in the Persian style by his queen , Hamida Banu Begum Well for a lady to follow him through his wilderness, and then dedicate this tomb this was a remarkable but forgotten love story
But for a character much shadowed out in comparison to his bloodline, we conveniently forget this remarkable individual... Well I still wonder do I brand him lucky or unlucky? Or a king whose biggest battle was his destiny....
A lot happened between these dates which are out shined by two men ( Babur and Akbar) who were directly related by blood line to him ( For the clueless Humayun was the son of Babur and father of Akbar).
Miniature painting of Babur with his Son Humayun Ok, why did I suddenly remember Humayun? His death for some reason popped into my head during a gtalk chat.
Humayun for one of the riches to rags to riches story with a very filmi life! He started of as the son( eldest one too) of the most powerful king and helped Babur conquer major parts of India. After Babur's death in 1530 he inherited the kingdom at the age 0f 23! ( Well young dashing king what could go wrong )
This kingdom was won in a battle but Humayun could not establish a vague semblance to government with the Afghans ( from whom they conquered Delhi) and the Rajputs ( with whom as I said in the previous posts their relation was everything but cordial) at biting at their heels. To add on.... he was cursed with a set of three conspiring brothers ! ( Jinx working like wild fire) With all this kichdi cooking he lost the kingdom very soon to Sher Shah Suri ( Yep! the Grand Trunk Road Guy ) !!!
So here went the handsome daring prince who was a fugitive without a kingdom! He then in a long course of events he marries the princess from Persia ( married in Sindh, his bride followed him and conceived his first son Akbar in Sindh, making him pretty much eligible to be an Indian citizen by birth I guesss and and and...... I just read a legend that this guy was soooo broke at this point of time that he did not have anything to give his men.... he just had a li'l musk which was broken and given to all..... and at this point he said let his sons fame spread like the smell of musk! Phew! quite prophetic! ) and ropes in the Persian Kings support to conquer back his kingdom.
And after 15 years Humayun conquered back his kingdom... If nothing else we should simply remember his king for his perseverance, optimism and grit ( We loose moral with one job loss! 15 years without the kingdom for a king is ..... )
But we also tend to ignore that in an era of barbarian rulers Humayun was an intellectual ( he was very religious, but haven't heard any fanatic stories). He forgave his conspiring siblings, and did work in art and science blah bah .... In short the kingdom was going all goodie goodie , hunky dory....
But in 1556 Humyun was at this library and at the time of the evening prayer call he tripped over his second floor library ledge ( Keep the ledges high!) and fractured his skull to meet his death ( Well a filmi ending for a filmi life! and ya he did manage to say some more goodie things before dying )
Humayun's Tomb in Delhi built in the Persian style by his queen , Hamida Banu Begum Well for a lady to follow him through his wilderness, and then dedicate this tomb this was a remarkable but forgotten love story But for a character much shadowed out in comparison to his bloodline, we conveniently forget this remarkable individual... Well I still wonder do I brand him lucky or unlucky? Or a king whose biggest battle was his destiny....
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