Chapter 5

Chapter 5

            Bharmal really chock and yet happy when he see bhagwan das and man singh, he just got new that man singh beat mughal army that lead by adham khan, everyone in good spirit that even angel of amer fighting with them making bharmal confuse who is this angel of amer so he ask one his man and they told him that angel of amer very famous among people of amer, she is very beautiful, kind and brave, she like to help people of amer especially orphan, she teach orphan kids and she too help people who in trouble, so people call her angel of amer and bharmal really curious bout this angel and his soldier said her name is jodha and today people of amer have opportunity to watched her fight with brave against mughal soldiers and kill soo many, and everyone describe that fight with beautifully, and so now everyone moral raise because they are confident that they will win this war since an angle fight among them and they think that is a very good sign.

Hakim sahiba check bhagwan das wound and said he will heal soon but afraid wont able to go in battlefield then bharmal ask hakim sahiba to leave “ man singh you are very brave . . attack mughal camp and save your baapusa “ praise bharmal

Man singh smile “ actually I’ve got help dadasa otherwise I wont able to save baapusa “ said man singh

“ ooh really .  . who is helping you ? “ ask bharmal

“ a good and brave warrior dadasa “ reply man singh

“ well whoever they are I feel gratitude because they save bhagwan das “ said bharmal “ but too bad you can’t fight since your wound still not heal “ he add

“ I believe our soldiers still can give a hell of fight for jalal “ reply bhagwan das

“ yes but mughal outnumber us and I’m afraid soon or later they will defeat us “ bharmal try to think how to beat jalal

“ don’t worry dadasa . . kali ma will show us a way to win this war . . . “ said man singh with confident

“ yes you right man singh . . look how kali ma help us to defend our fort . . do you know who is this angel of amer man singh ? “ ask bharmal

“ I don’t know dadasa I never met them before . . but whoever they are we should thank them for helping us defeat mughal soldiers “ said man singh, he try not to look surprise because bharmal know bout angel of amer.

“ baapusa . . how you know bout angel of amer ? “ ask bhagwan das

“ every soldiers talk bout how angel of amer fight with brave and fearless . . and the tell me little bit bout this angel of amer “ reply bharmal

“ oowh I see . . . “ said bhagwan das while thinking how his baapusa will feel if he know that it was his own daughter who save amer fort and palace, bhagwa das know his baapusa regret for mistaken he done to his daughter, and bhagwan das want they buried the past but his baby sister hasn’t ready yet to break the ice.

“ you better to rest bhagwas das . . we will talk again tomorrow “ said bharmal and bhagwan das nod the with help by man singh he leave and rest in his camp, his body feel ache everywhere but he is very sure that tomorrow he will feel better.

 Jodha sit on a chair and look up the moon, she always like to see the moon, it’s soo beautiful but then suddenly one face come into her mind, she can’t believe that the man reflection she seen on river at ganggaur festival is shehenshah jalaluddin muhammad akbar, suddenly she feel world seems small because she met him at unexpected moment, and then they finally meet again, his sword fighting are amazing ang his skill and technique really great too, he is in the same level with bhagwan das and sujamal, and she keep remembering when they fight and th shock on his face when he know that the one he fight with is a woman, and jodha happy because they save bhagwan das, she hope this war will end soon because too many people died and lot family lost one or more their family member, she will pray to kahna and kali ma to bless this land and make this war end as soon as possible because too many people died in this war, jodha looking back at the moon and she feel her heat calm and relax just like the way she feel everytime she watching the moon.

Meanwhile jalal too can’t stop thinking about this jodha, he remember when they are fight, his soldier not lie when he said once that jodha have amazing skill, there not even one woman in his harem who can fight like her, even ruqaiya who is very good archery but jalal doubt is she in battlefield coule survive, but this angel jodha is not a common angel , she is a warrior and jalal still can feel the thrill when they fight until finally he see her beautiful face, jalal never see such beauty, he smile and he really when he fight with her, then jalal remember one mysterious warrior who help man singh to save bhagwan dass, he is definitely a great warrior too, he just need to see his speed and skill in fighting, but he can see his similiarity with bhagwan das and man singh fighting style so he guess that they all trained by the same person, jalal will very lucky if have these three people in his army, they will become great warrior and he wish mughal will have great warrior like them and that too including the fearless angle jodha, he smirk remember her but he hate her too for challenge him through his warrior and when he conquer amer he will conquer this rearless angel.

In agra hamida bano hear news about adham khan defeated by amer soldiers and how three brave amer warrior attack mughal camp and save rajkumar bhagwan das, hamida really worry for her son, she keep pray to Allah to protect jalal and today salim cristi baba will come to pray with her for jalal safety.

“ hamida  . . . salim cristi baba here “ jiji anga told hamida

“ let him come jiji anga “ reply hamida, then jiji anga let salim cristi come.

“ asalamuaikum . . . “ he greet hamida

“ waalaikumsalam baba . .  come and sit baba “ said hamida, then salim cristi sit at a small stage where hamida use to read qur’an, and hamida along with jiji anga sit “ baba . . I want you to pray for my son jalal . .  he is in the middle or war now and I feel really worry for his safety since his enemy now is have very strong army “ said hamida

Salim cristi smile to worry hamida “ don’t worry . .  he will be ok . . and I see through this war his greatest road to become a great king will start, he will meet lot good people in this war and one will change him into better person, jalal is a lost child and he is trap in the darkness in his heart, but that is gonna change soon . . “ said salim cristi

Hamida look curious yet happy “ who is gonna change him baba ? “

“ the one who will become his khass begum . . . “

“ ruqaiya is khaas begum baba “ cut hamida

Salim cristi “ no hamida not ruqaiya, she is a very good hindu woman but through her jalal will learn a lots of things, see everything in new perspective, their road might be rough and lot of obstacle but soon they will realize that they are mean for each other “ he said “ and she will bring light in jalal darkness life . . . they will create history hamida “ he add

Hamida very exciting to hear that “ ya khuda please bring happiness in jalal’s life “ pray hamida

“ don’t worry hamida everything will gonna be alright and even you will get back your son “ said salim cristi and hamida looking at him with hopefully.

“ amin “ reply hamida, then they all pray again and hamida pray for mughal sultanat  safety, wealth and peace and everyone happy.

Atgah khan and chugtai khan arrive at mughal camp and they take by abdul to meet jalal who now in meeting with maham anga and shrifuddin and discuss how to save adham who now become prisoner in amer, jalal look up when atgah and chugtai khan enter with abdul.

“ adaab  shehenshah, maham anga , sharifuddin “ greet atgah and cugtai khan

“ adaab atgah . . cugtai khan “ jalal greet them back “come and sit with us “ said halal then.” I heard that adham khan defeated by amer and captured is that right ?  also heard that some great warriors rescue rajkumar bhagwan das  is tha right jalal ? “ ask atgah

Jalal nod “ yes . .  he take soldiers without gave me notice to attack amer fort and palace amer soldies beat him and now we must save him , first I feel positive we will win this war when we captured bhagwan das even I didn’t appreciate the way we captured him “ said jalal looking at sharifuddin and maham anga with his sharp eyes “ but three frearless warriors attack us on our own camp and rescued him “ he add and atgah can hear admiration in jalal voice.

Cugtai khan listening jalal story with amaze “ wow shehenshah if amer become our alliance I’m pretty sure our army will more powerfull . . I’ve met raja bharmal once and I’ve seen how rajkumar bhagwan das trained their army . . all I can say that they traind their army very well “ said cugtai khan

 “ yes cugtai khan it would be wonderful if we can have soldiers like them .. but anyway I called you and atgah to discuss bout this war, you two have idea how we can win this war ? “ ask jalal

“ why don’t we attack again jalal . . our soldiers outnumber them “ suggest maham anga

“ maham anga never underestimate enemy who have less soldiers than us especially when they have skill, ability and strength like amer soldiers “ reply jalal

“ jalal is right we can’t underestimate their power “ atgah agree with jalal

Cugtai khan thinking and he have one idea “shehenshah . . do you think we can only conquer amer by war ? by force ? “ he said and everyone looking at him with curious “ amer people highly value their honor, self respect and their land and so the more we force them, they will fight us harder  . . so why not we try another way to conquer amer

 “ he explain

“ what are you suggestion cugtai khan ? that mughal should stop this war and give up ? “ ask maham anga “ mughal have famous strong army we back up now no one will fear of mughal “ add maham anga.

“maham anga is right shehenshah . . we must defeat amer while we have chance “sharifuddin for once agree with maham anga.

“ I don’t think what cugtai khan said is right with amer we can’t used force “said abdul

Jalal listening to what cugtai khan, abdul, sharifuddin and maham anga opinion he want to to hear opinion from person he trust the most “ atgah khan what do you think ? “ ask jalal.

Atgah listening to everyone opinion and idea but he must said that he agree with one person “ I think shehenshah what cugtai khan said is right . . it will be more give us advantage if amer become our alliance with willingly rather than by force “ said atgah

Jalal then stand up and he walking here and there with slow then he stop and lookingat four people who watching him with curious “ I remember once abbujan told me that why no mughal shehenshah able to conquer rajputana because we used wrong method, rather than conquer rajputana by war we should conquer them by matrimonial “ said jalal, he remember words by words when his late abbujan shehenshah humayun talk with him under the moon, he talk a lot how hard it was to be a shehenshah and he talked with him like he was his best friend and that was the firsti me jalal talked with his abbujan and that the best time for him.

“ with matrimonial we will hold amer loyalty because for rajput people their family is everything “ said cugtai khan

“ yes that’s true . . so now we offer hand in marriage with amer “ reply atgah

“ what ? are you two crazy ? wo can a hindu woman become shehenshah begum “ said maham anga in angry, she wont let any hindu woman step their foot at mughal sultanat as a begum.

“ that is not bad idea actually “ reply abdul “ and I think the marriage of shehenshah jalaluddin and rajkumari sukanya can end this war and make amer and mughal alliance “ he add

Maham anga and sharifuddin look at each other disbelief with what they just hear “ you all crazy give shehenshah such idea “ said sharifuddin

Jalal smile because what cugtai khan, atgah khan and abdul suggest really great idea and jalal wont mind to make beautiful rajkumari sukanya as one of his begum.

“ alright I’ve decide . . . cugtai khan tomorrow morning you go to meet raja bharmal and old him that mughal soldiers from agra will come so amer will lost in this battle but we all want to avoid more soldiers dead in battle so we offer hand in marriage between me and rajkumari sukanya with this marriage amer will become mughal alliance and we will protect them  “ jalal explain what cugtai khan must say to raja bharmal.

“ shehenshah . . .  why are you doin this ? “ protest maham anga

“ because I want to conquer rajputana . . and this is just one way to achievet that “ said jalal

“ but . . . . “

“ waziri e aliya . . I’m shehenshah and I can do whatever I want to unite hindustan “ cut jalal “ be ready cugtai khan to meet raja bharmal tomorrow “ he and cugtai khan nod, then jalal leave following by abdul who smile with wide because slowly jalal come out from maham anga influence, and maham anga too feel the same way that jalal start to listen to his own mind and she didn’t like it but she must calm and patience to bring back jalal under influence again.

Bharmal, bhagwan das, and man singh discussing the plan how too beat mughal, if they keep fight in this condition they will lost the war soon or later, what bhagwan das worry is that if jalal send more soldiers then it will very bad for amer.

“ I still waiting my spy to let us know if jalal will send more soldiers from agra . . we will in trouble if he do that baapusa “ said bhagwan das

Bharmal nod “ I agree with you . . . hmmm but what we can do bhagwan das, no one heping us so we outnumber by mughal “reply bharmal

“ so much for solidarity in rajputana “ said man singh sarcasm, then one soldier report that cugtai khan want to meet bharmal, they all really surprise with this but bharmal ask soldier to let cugtai khan enter.

“ adaab . . . raja bharmal , rajkmar bhagwan das, rajkumar man singh “ greet cugtai khan

“ pranaam “ greet bhagwan das and man singh

“ what bring you here cugtai khan ? “ ask bharmal while he give sign cugtai khan to sit

“ actually shehenshah send me here . . . I’m here as his messenger “ reply cugtai khan

Bharmal and bhagwan das looking at each other with confuse yet curious “ what kind message that shehenshah told you to  say to us ? “ ask bharmal

“ well shehenshah said his soldiers from agra are coming to joint with him so you know exactly how this war will end  . . but since shehenshah don’t want to see more soldiers died in battlefield so shehenshah want to offer matrimonial alliance between mughal and amer “ said cugtai khan

“ matrimonial alliance ? you mean marriage ? “ ask bharmal, bhagwan das and man singh very shock to hear that proposal

“ yes that is correct . . . marriage between shehenshah jalaluddin and rakumari sukanya “ reply cugtai khan

“ this is ridiculus  . how can I let my own daughter marry to mughal ? “ ask bharmal with angry

“ if mughal and amer unite then amer will always under mughal protection and no need to worry that other kingdom will try to attack amer “ reply cugtai khan, he see doubt at the three faces “ as your friend raja bharmal I suggest you to accept this proposal, no more soldiers that lost their life in battlefield “ cugtai khan try to convince bharmal to accept jalal proposal, bhagwan das thinking about what cugtai khan said and he don’t se another way out from this war beside jalal’s proposa.

“ can you give us time to discuss this with whole family ? “ ask bhagwan das and barmal looking at him with curious.

Cugtai khan smile “ of course but don’t take time too long because when soldiers from agran arrive I’m afraid shehenshah will change his mind “ warn cugtai khan

“ we will leave now to talk to our family “ reply bhagwan das and then cugtai khan leave.

Bharmal looking at his son “ are you want us to accept this marriage proposal ? “ he ask

“ do you see another way out from this war ? the choise for us if we want to survive then we must take their offers if not then we must ready to face defeat because mughal have advantage because ther outnumber us . . . we should talk about this to maasa, dadisa and sukanya “ said bhagwan das

“ sukanya is in love with raja suryaban even they will getting marry if this war not happen . .  and you know everywoman who marry with jalal must convert to islam “ reply bharmal

“ now if this marriage can save our kingdom and our people then it’s time for rajkumari to do her duty “ said bhagwan das and bharmal can’t think anything and the only he can so now is to agree with jalal’s offer.