Jodhaa Akbar Page #4

I can understand...

the reason behind your silence...

- Probably...

- Don't misunderstand.

I appreciate your courage

in speaking your mind.

I am honoured by your proposal.

And I thank you for it.

Let me give it some thought.

Only after visiting

the shrine of Saint Moinuddin Chisti...

...will I send you my response.

As it befits you!

Help me, Khwaja! Help me.

I have come to Your sacred shrine

with a dream -

The dream of a consolidated Hindustan

under the Mughal sky.

Pray to Allah to help me

fulfill this dream, O Saint!

Ameen!

May peace be upon you!

- Sharifuddin, all well?

- Yes, Your Majesty!

Yes, Khan Baba?

Jalal, there was almost

a riot on my way to Ajmer...

...when some Hindu Rajputs...

...stopped Muslim pilgrims

from coming to this shrine.

Due to that, the unrest is spreading.

Such religious riots,

can cause disaster some day.

Will more security

on the Ajmer route help?

Your Majesty, orders will be issued!

Many more places

need surveillance, Sharifuddin.

Apart from Ajmer, there is...

looting and plundering on the route...

...leading to the Gujarat ports.

That is causing problems

for the Haj pilgrims.

Whom does the Ajmer province fall under?

King Bharmal of Amer.

Khan Baba! Kindly get my message

sent to King Bharmal.

I accept his proposal of a

marriage of alliance with his daughter.

And especially mention -

To ensure peace and unity

in the province...

...I will be pleased

to accept this marriage!

But consider that she is a Rajput.

A Hindu. How is this marriage possible?

Kindly reconsider your decision.

Sharifuddin, I have

thought it over carefully.

It was the respected Bairam Khan Baba...

...who held the reins of

the Mughal rule in my name for years.

For all these years...

I have often wondered...

...why our forefathers

failed to take over all of Hindustan.

Until now I have been in a quandary,

how to make this dream come true.

The goal was clear,

but the path was unknown!

A marriage of alliance. A new bond.

A divine signal from Allah.

I thank you, Almighty Allah,

for showing me the way forward.

Khan Baba,

convey my message of acceptance.

But father, he is a Mughal!

Earlier too, I did not have a choice...

...when I was betrothed to

Prince Ratan Singh of Ajabgarh.

I convinced my heart to accept him.

But now I am being married to a man...

...who belongs to a different religion.

Jodhaa, as your father, I understand

what you're going through.

Your heart had set out

to marry Prince Ratan Singh.

But it is them

who have broken the alliance!

It pains me to ask.

If not for your father...

...then for the sake of your people...

...for the province of Amer...

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