An excellent description of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s personality in Rajasthani documents by one of the officials of Mirza Raja Jai Singh, Parkaldas when Shivaji is on a visit to Agra to attend the 50th birthday celebrations of Aurangzeb.
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Coming up: Excellent Description of Shivaji’s Personality in Rajasthani Documents
Namaste Friends. My name is 'Shinil Subramanian Payamal' and you are listening to the Historylogy podcast.
I came across this interesting piece of history on page 31 of the book 'The Legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji – From Kingdom to Empire 1600 - 1818' written by Dr. Kedar Phalke which I had reviewed on 13th February, 2023.
On the 5th of March, 1666, Shivaji Maharaj left Rajgad for Agra, along with a few select men to attend the 50th birthday celebrations of Aurangzeb.
There is an excellent description of Shivaji’s personality in Rajasthani documents. One of the officials of Mirza Raja Jai Singh, Parkaldas, writes:
“He has come alone, with only one hundred retainers, and his escort numbers from 200 to about 250 men in all among the latter one hundred are mounted on their own horses (i.e. shiledars) and the rest are bargirs of the paga. When Shivaji rides on a palanquin (palki). His flag is orange and vermillion coloured, with golden decoration stamped on it. All his high officials have palkis to ride in and therefore he carries many palkis with him. At sight Shivaji’s body looks lean and short. His appearance is wonderful, fair in complexion, and even without finding out that, which he is, one does feel instinctively that he is a ruler of men. His spirit and manliness are apparent. He is a very brave, high-souled man and wears a beard. His son is nine years old and very marvellously handsome in appearance and fair in complexion. Shivaji has come with a rather small contingent, but with great splendour of equipment. A large elephant goes before him carrying his flag. An advance - guard of troopers also proceeds him, the horses have gold and silver trapping. The Deccani infantry too marches before him. In this manner he has come to Agra, with the whole of his contingent moving with haudas which follow him. A sukhpal (i.e. a sort of palanquin with a dome-shaped top) is also carried before Shivaji, its poles are covered with silver. His palanquin is completely covered with silver plates but its legs and pegs are covered with gold plates. With this splendour he has come.”
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