Interestingly, the royal family of Jodhpur openly stated that Jodhaabai did exist, and that she married Emperor Akbar.Īt the music launch of Jodhaa Akbar, Padmini Devi of the Japiur royal family acknowledged the fact that Jodhaa existed and it was this matrimonial union that brought an alliance between Mughals and Rajputs. "Colonel Tod depended on bardic literature (folk literature) of Rajputs and he mentioned Jodhabai for the first time here."
"The name Jodha first came up in the 19 th century when Colonel Tod, a Britisher, and not a professional historian, mentioned Jodhabai in his book Annals and Antiquity of Rajasthan," Ahmad adds. But the name Jodha is not mentioned anywhere. It further says that Mariam Zamani is a title referred to the lady who gave birth to Prince Salim, who became Emperor Jehangir. She is referred to as Mariam Zamani (Mary of the Age).
"In the Akbarnama, there is a mention of Akbar marrying a Rajput princess of Amer but her name is not Jodhaa," says historian and director of the Khuda Baksh Oriental Public Library, Imtiaz Ahmad in Patna. There is no proof of her in history," says Dr S M Azizuddin Hussain, history teacher at the Department of History, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. "These books were written in Persian and there is no mention of Queen Jodhabai. Protests against Jodhaa Akbar in Rajasthan