describe the relationship between shivaji and akbar
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The historical Shivaji lived in a Persianate world in which Muslims were rulers and, as US academic James Laine tells us, “commanded a certain obedience and respect”. Shivaji’s mother Jijabai’s family were allies of the Mughals. His father Bijapur general Shahaji Bhosale also served the Mughals at one point. In 1648, when Shahaji was arrested by the Adil Shahi state for insubordination and imprisoned, his son turned to Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. For this, Shivaji even offered to accept Mughal service though that did not happen as two Muslim noblemen from Bijapur interceded on Shahaji’s behalf and got him freed.
The earliest known ballad in Marathi, Afzal Khan Vadh (The Killing of Afzal Khan), written in a heavily Persianised language in 1659, makes Shivaji appear as someone who is at ease with the Persianate system, sending his salaam to his father as well as Lord Shiva and goddess Bhavani. Shivaji is lionised, quite literally, with the Persian honorific Sarja or “the lion”, Laine informs in his book, Shivaji: Hindu King.
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This week, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath decided to rename an under-construction Mughal museum in Agra after Chhatrapati Shivaji with the claim that “Mughals cannot be our heroes” and Shivaji instils nationalist pride. As a corollary to that decision, the museum will now be on Braj culture and not the Mughals.