Great Leaders?

Moghals have become my fascination eversince I started reading different stories about them.  They were descendents of  Tamer Lame (ruler of the ancient city of Samarkand) and Mongol warrier Ganges Khan. I did not read much about Timur the Lame, but I like and hate Ganges Khan. I hate him because he killed so many people. And I like him because he was a very good administrator.

I have written this piece about Moghal king Hamayun because I am studying about him. My book tells that he was a very kind and just king. If a family was poor he would never take tax from them. That proves that Hamayun was a Just Emperor.

Hamayun was King Babur’s beloved son, his full name was Naseer-ud-din-Hamayun.  Babur was his father whose empire was the largest the world has ever known. Babur told Hamayun to share his kingdom with his brothers, and he did this. He ruled Delhi, gave Kabul and Kandahar to his brother Kamran, and also gave his brothers Askari and Hindal parts of his kingdom.

Hamayun had a big drum called “Tabl-e-Adal” (drum of  justice) placed outside his palace. Anyone who wanted to speak to him, used to come and strike the drum once. If a man owed money, and it was not paid to him he would strike the drum twice. A man whose things had been stolen would strike the thrice and four strokes on the drum meant someone had been killed.

Hamayun liked to do unique experiments. Once he made a floating garden!! He grew some flowers and plants on a boat!! and that boat used to go round the whole kingdom. All the people of the kingdom were shocked!!

Hamayun died accidentally of falling from the stairs.

I dont understand, if these people were great, why did they attack other sultanates and killed so many people?

4 comments March 22, 2010