British historian Louis De Aisis Koraiya has revealed the most important on the life of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Koraiya says that Jodhabai is said to be Akbar's wife, but in fact Akbar's wife Jodhabai was not. Koraiya says, Jodhabai was actually Jahangir's wife.

London's British historian Louis De Aisis Koraiya has been researching Portugal and Christians independently in India for the past several years. He has written 6 books so far, out of which he recently released a book titled 'Portuguese India and Mughal Relation (1510-1735)'.

In this book, the relationship between Akbar and Portuguese Maria Marcarnehas has been explained in a lot of detail.

He says that this relationship is not even mentioned in Mughal, Portuguese and English sources.

About Maria Marcarnehas, Koraiya writes, she had come from Lisbon to Goa with her younger sister Juliana in September 1558.

Koraiya writes in the book, that during that time the king of Portugal had the responsibility to protect the orphans of the sacrificers for the state and the girls of the age of marriage were sent to the colonies. But in the middle, the bandit attacked her ship and both the girls were brought to the court of Sultan Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. Sultan Bahadur Shah presented both the girls in the Mughal court.

He writes, as soon as Akbar's eyes fell on Maria Marcarnehas of 17 years, he fell in love with her, and Akbar decided to make her his wife as soon as possible.

Koraiya says, Akbar's Haram has a lot of goods available to her, but still the Mughal Sources remain silent about this relationship.

He said that the most authentic document about Akbar's life is believed to be 'Akbarnama' written by Abul Fazal, but there is nothing written in this regard.

At the same time there is no mention of Maria in the Mughal Source Al Badayuni.

According to Koraiya, due to a fierce relationships between the Mughal and the Portuguese, they did not say that Akbar had a Christian wife.

Koraiya said that Jodha Bai is not a woman who is referring to her as Maria.

Koraiya says that neither in Akbarnama or nor Jahangir's mother, Jodha Bai is mentioned.

He said, in this period, no mention of any person of this name (Jodha Bai) is also in the Persian record.

Who historian mentions Jodha Bai, he is historian James Todd. But he refers to her (Jodha Bai) as Jahangir's wife and Shah Jahan's mother.

Koraiya claimed that Jahangir's mother was Portuguese Christian (Maria Marcarnehas) who was called Mariyam-Uz-Zamani.

Koraiya says that Jahangir always used to wear a Cross of a gold chain.

Koraiya says that Jahangir was half a Christian and had a picture of Jesus in his palace and he used to spend a day in a week in the Jesuit House in Agra.

(Perwez Anwer has been a student of History Department of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, and is the founder, CEO, Director and Editor-in-Chief of IBTN GROUP.)

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