Back then, a British East India Company officer, Lt Col James Todd, wrote a book Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan. In that book, he had mistakenly mentioned Jodha Bai instead of Harka Bai. That’s why people have this confusion that Jodha Bai was Akbar’s wife. Akbar’s wife was Harka Bai, she was Raja Maan Singh’s aunt. And Raja Maan Singh was the trusted general of Akbar.
Shah Jahan was Akbar’s grandson, and Raja Jai Singh was Raja Maan Singh’s grandson. You can now understand why the two had such close relations. Raja Jai Singh and Shah Jahan.
This is why Raja Jai Singh offered his land for free he wanted to donate it to Shah Jahan, so that Shah Jahan could build a tomb for Mumtaz. But despite his offer, Shah Jahan didn’t accept the offer of the land for free.
In exchange, Shah Jahan gave four palaces to Raja Jai Singh. This transaction has been recorded in official papers as well, and it was dated as it happened 28th December 1633. You can see this record in Jaipur’s City Palace now. Historian Rana Safi uploaded a copy of it with translation on Twitter.
