YES, LEGEND OF CONCUBINE ANARKALI CRASHES DOWN;
THE BIZARRE REVELATION FACE OF QUEEN SAHIB JAMAL,
NO WALLS, NO BONES, FROM CHURCH FINAL MAUSOLEUM.
Our historians have written about the legend of Anarkali. The incest stories started by bastard English man William Finch, trader and gossip maker sitting in the bazaar. The concubine wife of Emperor Akbar, buried in Attock in a befitting mausoleum. Her name given by Prince Jahangeer himself in his memoirs as Maryiam Bibi, and his beloved Queen discovered by historians as Sahib Jamal. Yes, C. Grey reveals that the bones of the Queen were taken out and buried under a turret of the mausoleum. Perhaps still there, for in the renovation process of the Tomb of Anarkali, nothing was discovered in the deep dug hole. No walls, no bones, nothing but the treachery of the British in belittling our stalwarts all the time with misleading statements.
Let us see what William Finch says about Islam, and attributes it to Emperor Jahangeer:
“All this is nonetheless show as such with the King about Christianity he affirming before his nobles that it was the soundest faith and that of Mahomet lies and fables”.
Is that even remotely possible for Jahangeer to say something like that. Habitual liar!
Now comes the question as to the body (bones) of Sahib Jamal. C. Grey was the first to write the story of Anarkali, in the Punjab University Historical journal, and points out:
‘When the tomb was converted to a Christian church in 1852, the body was removed and reburied in the left-hand tower facing the mausoleum where it still remains, not far from the tombstone which once covered the grave within the building”.
It was my long held wish that some fresh digging should take place to clear all the hullabaloo. It finally came true. The Anarkali tomb is finally being renovated. Excellent! The place of burial dug and nothing found there. No walls, no choked concubine. But remarkable a unique thing happened. The walls cleared of the white cement revealed beautiful frescoes. Nothing new. But there were many Mughal Angels on the walls. Not Christian cherubs. BUT THE MOST REMARKABLE THING VARIOUS FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS OF A QUEEN. Finally Sahib Jamal comes out in the open. I have asked a friend to take photographs of all the figures and we will do a study on it. But rest assured now, that the Legend of Anarkali is just a romantic thought created by writers and films and uninformed people. DO WE KNOW OF ANY MAUSOLEUM IN THE WORLD TO HAVE FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS OF THE LADY BURIED IN IT? Remarkable finding. Enjoy we will do more on it.
Thank you Pasha Sahib.
What a concise and clear destruction of the myth.
Thank you for sharing sir
Allah’s Law pf Retribution always results in removal of doubt. I think nowhere in our history are figurative paintings of the Queen buried there exist anywhere. Will look forward to their restoration. Will do a study on them.
Remarable discovery indeed
People do not do home work and start writing about history. It is good that you study a lot of sources.
Very informative.