The Nawabdom Of Oudh
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shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Amongst all Maratha clans, Ghorpades have the longest history of bootlicking Muslim Sultans. Despite shifting their allegiance from one Muslim master to the other, they remained ultra loyal to each one of them and fought their own Maratha blood-brothers against national interest.
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shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Aurangabad an Indian Muslim city founded by Aurangzeb
In his time the mark of a true horseman was not just speed but the ability to ride with firm control and elegant grace That same spirit still lives here Hundreds of years later the culture of Indian Muslims remains unbroken
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Abey लंडबुद्धि, theek se padhna seekh le.
Kavi Deepvijay was sent to Satara on request of Chhatrapati Pratap Singh Bhonsle (not the other way around), as he was trying to collect proofs of Sisodiya ancestry of Bhonsles when Brahmins challenged their Kshatriya status.
Tujhe kal koi random poet aakar bolega ki tu Genghis Khan ki najayaz aulad hai, to tu maan jayega?
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Rajputs, Brahmins and other upper castes of Awadh would neither consume nor cultivate potatoes during the Mughal and Nawabi periods, condemning them an inferior food [as they grew underground as tubers].
This changed in the British Raj..
🥔 आलू नहीं खाते, तो मूँगफली क्यों खाते हैं? क्या इसका कारण सिर्फ जमीन के अंदर उगना है? जैन धर्म में आलू जैसे कंदों के त्याग के पीछे सूक्ष्म जीवों और अहिंसा की भावना से जुड़ी मान्यता है, जबकि मूँगफली एक बीज है।
#Jainism #JainFood #JainDiet #JainAahar #JainLifestyle
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗷𝗮-𝘂𝗱-𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗵 n𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟳 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗲-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 (𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲) 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴.
ALT Inspired from @urdu_kangz on ig.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
The Marathas were eager to secure his support or at least his neutrality, to such an extent that they even offered a joint administration of the empire should they emerge victorious over the Afghans.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
"Shuja ruled over a more extensive, fertile, and populous dominion than any other prince. His army ranked among the finest in the country, and his artillery was unquestionably the best in the land. The financial resources of his dominion were immense."
— A. Lal Srivastava
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shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Nawab Bahar Ali Khan Bahadur of Faizabad was an Ilahabadi Pandit by birth.
As a child, he was sold by his parents [during famine] to the childless sister of Baksh Alam, a Nishapuri Sayyid.
Sayyidah raised him as her own son. Her love for Bahar Ali was so great that when he was abducted by child-snatchers, she was overcome with grief. Unable to bear the anguish of losing the child she had cherished as her own, she wept incessantly, fell into deep despair, and ultimately succumbed [died] to the emotional trauma.
Nawab Bahar Ali was ultimately sold to Nawab Shuja-ud Daulah Bahadur, who entrusted his education to Khushnazar Ali Khan.
Nawab Bahar Ali Khan not only managed the reserve treasury (khizana-i khass), the mint (dar-ul-zarb), various travelling conveyances, elephants, carriages, the pharmacy, the kitchen and 'other particulars of the Bahu begam's household' (digar juz'at-i khanagi-yi begam sahiba), but also, 'on the nawab's behalf (az janab-i nawab), he commanded several district garrisons (faujdari) scattered across the province.
Nawab Bahar Ali was worth an unimaginably lavish 1 crore of rupees.
— [ Captain Leonard Jacques ].
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
🧵 Contemporary Marāṭhi Letters Confirming that Marāṭhas ( Gaikwad in this case ) were Kumbhīs by Jatī or Caste.
The letter refers to a post marriage dispute that was officially recognised in Marāṭha court for proceedings. The letter is dated to 1772 AD.
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shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Grandson of Khalifah Bahadur Shah 'Zafar' and the son of Mirza Jawan Bakht.. he received 5400 rupees per annum as pension (could buy 3.7 kg of the 24-c gold).
Pic 1 (box) - Mirza Jawan at the age of 17yr
Pic 2 & 3: Mirza Jamshed (Jawan's son)
These hostage-pics don't do justice
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Jews see themselves as an ethno-religious group rather than purely religious group. >90% Sikhs are Punjabis, so basically Sikhism is ethnoreligion in practice.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Tipu Sultan’ fame was widespread globally among his contemporaries.
“Citizen, do you swear hatred to all kings, except Tipu Sultan the victorious, the ally of the French Republic ... love towards your country, and that of Citizen Tipu.”
— Proclamation of the Jacobin Club (1797)
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
One of the key reasons behind poor infrastructure development in Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh leads to the fact that they led the 1857 Uprising.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
[1/8] 🪡🧵 Official records, court chronicles and contemporary letters — 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗕𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 — attesting their Sisodiya Rajput ancestry.
Open challenge to my son @MamalkatMadar to refute even a single one of these.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
A rare family portrait taken in the early 1930’s at our family home in Delhi, ‘Dar-us Salam’.
The photograph shows a confident clan and a community at peace with it’s identity, and with itself; the traumas of ‘Partition’ and ‘Operation Polo’ were as yet unimaginable…
#History
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
शौकतुल्लाह अंसारी 1952 में ही सांसद बन चुके थे. अंसारी मुग़ल दौर से ही यूसुफपुर-मोहम्मदाबाद के जागीरदार रहे हैं. 1765 में बक्सर की जंग में अंग्रेजों से लड़े. मुख्तार अहमद अंसारी ने गांधी और नेहरू के साथ आधुनिक हिंदुस्तान बनाया. नाना को 1948 में भारत का पहला महावीर चक्र नवाजा गया.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
When the Kshatriya status of Pratap Singh Bhonsle (1793 – 1847) — Shivaji’s descendant and the last reigning Chhatrapati of Satara — was challenged by Brahmins, he sent emissaries to the Maharana of Udaipur for obtaining more evidences regarding the Sisodiya Rajput ancestry of Bhonsles.
The sources I have shared are as follows :
• 𝙍𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙝𝙖𝙫 𝙑𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙪 written by Jayaram Pindye — the official court poet of Shahji Bhonsle (Shivaji’s father).
• 𝙎𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙙 𝘽𝙖𝙠𝙝𝙖𝙧 written by Krishnaji Anant — the official court chronicler of Rajaram Bhonsle (Shivaji’s son).
They simply state that Bhonsles are descendants of a Sisodiya Rajput family which migrated from North to Deccan. As a matter of fact, Sabhasad explicitly mentions that this was verified when learned priests like Gagabhatt examined the family records of Bhonsles (not any ‘Registani khyat’).
@MamalkatMadar’s lame assumption of this being “𝙖 𝙠𝙝𝙮𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙥𝙤𝙚𝙩𝙨” doesn’t make sense from a logical point of view either. Was Shivaji (and his ancestors) so desperate to prove themselves Kshatriya that they just bought some oral tradition sold to them by random poets?
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Found this name on the platform of the Panch Matha temple in Jabalpur. Reads Jim V Lenehan 1864. I tried searching this name on the internet, couldn't find anything. Seems like a British officer or a soldier.
shaykh dost Muhammad Khan Bahadur retweeted
Ngl, Ghorpade Marathas were the worst bastards of Sisodiya Rajputs.
Unlike Sisodiyas (who measured swords with every Sultanate), Ghorpades obediently served Deccani Sultans for generations, even fighting against Vijayanagara Empire many times for their Muslim overlords. Even after the fall of Bahmanis, they simply switched masters to Adilshahis of Bijapur. Their loyalty towards the Adilshahis was such that they not only died fighting against Hindu Nayakas far away in Kannada lands, but even wholeheartedly opposed Bhonsles — their own blood-brothers! After the conquest of Bijapur by Aurangzeb, Ghorpades transferred their allegiance to the Mughals.
The only historically-relevant chief this clan ever produced was Senapati Santaji Ghorpade — who belonged to the Bhalavani branch of Ghorpades, not the main royal family of Mudhol. Santaji was able to achieve considerable success against the Mughals but, contrary to his portrayal as an undefeated warrior by Maratha panegyrists, he was actually defeated several times, and was ultimately killed by the Mughals. His head was paraded through the Mughal territory, while his son & brother begged Mughaliya mansab for themselves by sending petitions to Aurangzeb.
[1/8] 🪡🧵 — 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙥𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙎𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 :
🔎 To construct a clear genealogical history, Dr. Balakrishna was patronised by the Ghorpade Royals of Mudhol, who gave him all the contemporary documents & family records in their possession.
⚠️ Ghorpade & Bhonsle are sibling clans, thereby sharing common ancestors. Their migration from Mewar & exploits in Deccan have already been discussed in the thread quoted below.
