Aurangzeb's edicts to the Hindus: Intent and Consequences.
A firman of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb preserved in Kashi is a wonder Aurangzeb, who is issuing firmans for the destruction of Hindu temples, is also telling some Brahmin sevayats of Kashi not to remove themselves from the work of pandagiri or sevayatgiri and not to disturb other Hindus.
এই আশ্চর্য ফরমানটির তারিখ ১৬৫৯ খ্রিস্টাব্দের ২৮ শে ফেব্রুয়ারি। ফরমানটির এক জায়গায় লেখা আছে, ---
"Our scriptures mandate that old temples should not be demolished, but new temples should not be built.".
কিন্তু আবার ১৬৭০ খ্রিস্টাব্দে গোটা রাজ্য জুড়ে জারি করা আওরঙ্গজেবের ফরমানে দেখা যাচ্ছে, ---
"All the temples built in the last ten or twelve years will be demolished and the old temple will not be allowed to be repaired." - Murukkat-i-Hasan, Rampur Manuscript.
Let us first discuss the firman It appears that the firman was issued on 28 February 1659, when the country was in turmoil Not long before, Shah Shuja, the defeated Mejo brother of Aurangzeb, fled to Bihar and Bengal with a booty of four hundred thousand rupees from Varanasi Chasing him, Aurangzeb's eldest son, Shahzada Muhammad Sultan, appeared in Kashi.
It was at the request of this Shahzada Muhammad Sultan that the firman was issued by Emperor Aurangzeb in favour of some Brahmin servants there The Brahmin scholars received the firman from Shahzada Muhammad Sultan.
It was at the request of this Shahzada Muhammad Sultan that the firman was issued by Emperor Aurangzeb in favour of some Brahmin servants there The Brahmin scholars received the firman from Shahzada Muhammad Sultan.
Here is the secret To unravel this mystery, we need to know the situation at that time It appears that the time was 1659 AD Aurangzeb was facing a crisis In the fort of Shuja Munger, the fugitive Dara was still missing Aurangzeb's eldest son Muhammad Sultan captured Kashi and marched on Munger, followed by the Hindu subjects of Allahabad, the former subah of Dara Shukoh.
Aurangzeb understood the importance of keeping the Hindus cool by appeasing the Pandas of Kashi And so in 1659, Emperor Aurangzeb issued the "Banaras Farman ".
Aurangzeb understood the importance of keeping the Hindus cool by appeasing the Pandas of Kashi And so in 1659, Emperor Aurangzeb issued the "Banaras Farman ".
According to our Sharia, the old temple should not be destroyed But ten years later, Aurangzeb broke the law and issued a fatwa to destroy the old Vishwanath temple in Kashi?.
স্বভাবতই প্রশ্ন জাগে, এর কারণ কি?
This was because of the death of Jaswant Singh, the Maharaja of Jodhpur and Aurangzeb's foremost Hindu general Aurangzeb did not dare to impose the jizya tax on Hindus as long as Maharaja Jaswant Singh was alive Aurangzeb's imperial piety was raised to a head only after Maharaja Jaswant Singh's death.
However, questions remain as to who was the brainchild of the emperor Aurangzeb or his religious advisor, Sheikh ul Islam, to interpret the Shari'a.
However, questions remain as to who was the brainchild of the emperor Aurangzeb or his religious advisor, Sheikh ul Islam, to interpret the Shari'a.
Also discovered are two other mysterious firmans of Aurangzeb issued in 1661 and 1669 In both these firmans, Aurangzeb granted land to Bhagwant Gosain and Ramjeevan Gosain, residents of Kashi, so that they could pray for the welfare of the emperor's fabled empire of Akshaya in peace of mind But the question is, what was the purpose of the destruction of the world of Kashi in 1669 and the grant of land to the Gosains in 1669?.
Moreover, the place of the Koshas is in Gokul, not in Kashi So what was the reason for Aurangzeb's Vaishnavaite Koshas in the Shaiva-dominated Kashi? Why did the Aurangzeb emperor suddenly need the prayers of the infidels for the perpetuation of the imperishable empire?.
Moreover, if Aurangzeb had genuine Vaishnavite sympathies, the Goswamis of Gokul would have had examples of his land grants, but not a single such certificate has been found.
But were these two orthodoxy spies of the Mughals, or was it the noble act of land-granting by Emperor Aurangzeb to suppress Hindu discontent by fanning the flames of discord between Shaivites and Vaishnavites? Historians may well have doubts!.
তথ্যসূত্র:
1 ) The Oxford History of India: Vincent A Smith 2) Anecdotes of Aurangzib: J N Sarkar 3) History of Aurangzib, Vol III, V: J N Sarkar 4) Aurangzib and his Times: Zahiruddin Faruqi 5) Pravasi, Part 21, Vol 1, No 6, Ashwin, 1328: Jadunath Sarkar.
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