
Humayun
Former Mughal EmperorWikipedia
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Search complete. 174 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Humayun".
Sep 1, 2026
Rethinking Aurangzeb: Munis D Faruqui on History, Archives and the Mughal Empire
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28:20Munis D FaruquiGUEST
I mean, histories on tribal communities and on, you know, and I can go on and on and on about just stories Any graduate student out there, PhD scholar out there, the archives are there.
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28:34Munis D FaruquiGUEST
And it turns out that if you compare the archives for the early Mughal period, Babar and Humayun, to what we have for someone like Aurangzeb, I mean, it's din raat ka fark.
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28:42Munis D FaruquiGUEST
I mean, it's like a thousandfold difference in terms of the amount of information you have.
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28:48Munis D FaruquiGUEST
So You know, the fact that there is so little, you know, serious scholarly work is not a function of the fact that there is material out there to be discovered.
Web of Indian Life-Sister Nivedita
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39:01speaker_4NARRATOR
Why mother, said her family priest to one who appealed to him regarding devotions interrupted thus, the Lord knows that you are a mother, and he makes allowances for these things.
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39:11speaker_4NARRATOR
But though in the Oriental home the wickedness of five years old may find such vent as this, the offhand camaraderie that learns later to dub its parents mater and governor suggests a state little short of savagery, and the daughter who permits herself to precede her father is held guilty of sacrilege.
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39:29speaker_4NARRATOR
The tenderness of parents corresponds to this veneration of children, and we only learn the secret of feelings so deep-rooted when we find that every child is a nursling for its first two years of life.
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39:40speaker_4NARRATOR
Consciousness and even thought are thus awakened long before the closest intimacy is broken, and a dependence that to us in the West is but a vague imagination to the Eastern man or woman is a living memory.
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39:51speaker_4NARRATOR
How completely this may become an ingrained motive we see in the case of that mogul who is remembered simply as the great.
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39:57speaker_4NARRATOR
For Akbar had a foster brother in the Rajput household whither his father Humayun had fled before his birth, and where his first six years of life were passed.
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40:05speaker_4NARRATOR
Akbar's mother dying, the Rajput queen took the babe to nurse with her own son, and brought up the boys in this respect as brothers, though the guest was a Muslim man of Tamerlane's descent and her own the proudest Hindu blood on earth.
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40:18speaker_4NARRATOR
Events swept the children apart in boyhood, and destiny fulfilling itself, he who came of a race of conquerors ascended the throne of Delhi, after many years, as emperor of India.
Once Upon A Time - Stories on Raksha Bandhan
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4:48Rashmi ShettyHOST
There's another interesting raksha bandhan story.
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4:51Rashmi ShettyHOST
between rani karnavati and emperor humayun in the sixteenth century the kingdom of mewar faced destruction as the sultan of gujarat marched towards chittorgarh outnumbered and desperate to save her people the queen rani karnavati reached beyond political and religious divide.
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5:13Rashmi ShettyHOST
She sent a silk raki to the Mughal emperor Humayun, appealing to him as a brother.
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5:19Rashmi ShettyHOST
Humayun was deeply moved by the sacred pledge and immediately redirected his army southwards.
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5:27Rashmi ShettyHOST
Delayed by distance, Humayun arrived to find Chittorgarh fallen and Karnavati having committed Johar to protect her dignity.
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5:37Rashmi ShettyHOST
Heartbroken, Humayun still honored his vow.
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5:41Rashmi ShettyHOST
He drove out the invaders and returned the throne to Karnavati's young son.
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5:46Rashmi ShettyHOST
Another beautiful story to show the love of a brother to whom the sister sent a Rakhi.
Web of Indian Life-Sister Nivedita
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34:45speaker_0NARRATOR
Why, mother, said her family priest to one who appealed to him regarding devotions interrupted thus, the Lord knows that you are a mother, and he makes allowances for these things.
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34:55speaker_0NARRATOR
But though in the Oriental home the wickedness of five years old may find such vent as this, the offhand camaraderie that learns later to dub its parents mater and governor suggests a state little short of savagery, and the daughter who permits herself to precede her father is held guilty of sacrilege.
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35:13speaker_0NARRATOR
The tenderness of parents corresponds to this veneration of children, and we only learn the secret of feelings so deep-rooted when we find that every child is a nursling for its first two years of life.
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35:24speaker_0NARRATOR
Consciousness and even thought are thus awakened long before the closest intimacy is broken, and a dependence that to us in the West is but a vague imagination, to the Eastern man or woman is a living memory.
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35:35speaker_0NARRATOR
How completely this may become an ingrained motive we see in the case of that mogul who is remembered simply as the great.
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35:41speaker_0NARRATOR
For Akbar had a foster brother in the Rajput household whither his father Humayun had fled before his birth, and where his first six years of life were passed.
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35:49speaker_0NARRATOR
Akbar's mother dying, the Rajput queen took the babe to nurse with her own son, and brought up the boys in this respect as brothers, though the guest was a Muslim man of Tamburlaine's descent and her own the proudest Hindu blood on earth.
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36:02speaker_0NARRATOR
Events swept the children apart in boyhood, and destiny fulfilling itself, he who came of a race of conquerors ascended the throne of Delhi, after many years, as emperor of India.
Web of Indian Life-Sister Nivedita
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36:46YoganandNARRATOR
Why, mother, said her family priest to one who appealed to him regarding devotions interrupted thus, the Lord knows that you are a mother, and he makes allowances for these things.
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36:56YoganandNARRATOR
But though in the Oriental home the wickedness of five years old may find such vent as this, the offhand camaraderie that learns later to dub its parents mater and governor suggests a state little short of savagery, and the daughter who permits herself to precede her father is held guilty of sacrilege.
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37:14YoganandNARRATOR
The tenderness of parents corresponds to this veneration of children, and we only learn the secret of feelings so deep-rooted when we find that every child is a nursling for its first two years of life.
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37:25YoganandNARRATOR
Consciousness and even thought are thus awakened long before the closest intimacy is broken, and a dependence that to us in the West is but a vague imagination, to the Eastern man or woman is a living memory.
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37:36YoganandNARRATOR
How completely this may become an ingrained motive we see in the case of that mogul who is remembered simply as the great.
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37:42YoganandNARRATOR
For Akbar had a foster brother in the Rajput household whither his father Humayun had fled before his birth, and where his first six years of life were passed.
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37:50YoganandNARRATOR
Akbar's mother dying, the Rajput queen took the babe to nurse with her own son, and brought up the boys in this respect as brothers, though the guest was a Muslim of Tamburlaine's descent and her own the proudest Hindu blood on earth.
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38:03YoganandNARRATOR
Events swept the children apart in boyhood, and destiny fulfilling itself, he who came of a race of conquerors ascended the throne of Delhi, after many years, as emperor of India.
Web of Indian Life-Sister Nivedita
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37:16speaker_5NARRATOR
Why mother, said her family priest to one who appealed to him regarding devotions interrupted thus, the Lord knows that you are a mother, and he makes allowances for these things.
S
37:26speaker_5NARRATOR
But though in the Oriental home the wickedness of five years old may find such vent as this, the offhand camaraderie that learns later to dub its parents mater and governor suggests a state little short of savagery, and the daughter who permits herself to precede her father is held guilty of sacrilege.
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37:44speaker_5NARRATOR
The tenderness of parents corresponds to this veneration of children, and we only learn the secret of feelings so deep-rooted when we find that every child is a nursling for its first two years of life.
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37:55speaker_5NARRATOR
Consciousness and even thought are thus awakened long before the closest intimacy is broken, and a dependence that to us in the West is but a vague imagination to the Eastern man or woman is a living memory.
S
38:06speaker_5NARRATOR
How completely this may become an ingrained motive we see in the case of that mogul who is remembered simply as the great.
S
38:12speaker_5NARRATOR
For Akbar had a foster brother in the Rajput household whither his father Humayun had fled before his birth, and where his first six years of life were passed.
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38:20speaker_5NARRATOR
Akbar's mother dying, the Rajput queen took the babe to nurse with her own son, and brought up the boys in this respect as brothers, though the guest was a Musulman of Tamburlaine's descent and her own the proudest Hindu blood on earth.
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38:33speaker_5NARRATOR
Events swept the children apart in boyhood, and destiny fulfilling itself, he who came of a race of conquerors ascended the throne of Delhi, after many years, as emperor of India.