Humayun: How He Tortured His Brother Kamran
by Humayun, the son of Babur had to torture his brother Kamran. Here is a description based on a note by his sister Gulbadan.
Humayun: How He Tortured his Brother Kamran
© 2010 Dr.P.Elayaraja
Humayun was the eldest son of Babur and succeeded his father as a ruler of India in 1530. He belonged to Mughal dynasty, which ruled Afghanistan, Pakistan and North-eastern part of India from 1530-1540 and again from 1555-1556. Humayun’s half brother Kamran Mirza got the territories of Kabul and Lahore.
(Pic: Humayun and Babur)
Kamran did not hem Humayun in the battle against Sher Shah, instead sided with the later. Humayun was defeated by Sher Shah and had to seek asylum from the Persian ruler.
Humayun’s life is chronicled in a book known as Humayun-Nama, by his sister Gulbadan. In which she has elaborately described how Humayun forgave his brothers. She also describes the torture punishment given to his Kamran Mirza.
During the wars with Sher Shah Suri, Humayun used to send messengers to Kamran, but Kamran severed their heads and sent it to Humayun. Some messengers were even hanged in front of his fortress.
(Pic: Sher shah Suri)
Another brother Hildani, who served as right hand to Humayun was cut into pieces by Kamran. Humayun wanted to teach a lesson to Kamran and the opportunity came on the 7th day of Ramadan in the year 1553. When Kamran was defeater in a war and was captured.
The men in Humayun’s court Amir, Mufti, Imam and Kazi gave Kamran death sentence, which Humayun did not agree. Instead he wanted to disable Kamran, so that he may not come to war again.
The punishment was carried out by Alidost along with 5 soldiers. Two of them held Kamran’s legs, and two held his hands and one held a cotton cloth in the mouth. Alidost took two big needles from his bag and pierced each eyes of Kamran 50 times. Then he poured lemon juice with salt in to the blood oozing eyes of Kamran.
Humayun then sent his blinded brother to perform Hajj at Makkah, where he died in 1557.
(Pic: Humayun Tomb built by her wife)
Though Humayun managed to get his kingdom back in 1555, he couldn’t rule for long. One day while coming down from his library, he slipped and fell down the stairs. He suffered massive injuries including a skull fracture. He died in 1556.
© 2010 Dr.P.Elayaraja
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Post Commentsureshkumaras
On February 22, 2010 at 10:24 am
Historical Share
Starpisces
On February 22, 2010 at 11:09 am
terrible, so cruel and brutal..
albert1jemi
On February 22, 2010 at 11:44 am
nice share
metro7
On February 22, 2010 at 12:01 pm
yes history is full of such inhuman atrocities thxs for the share.
chellsy
On February 22, 2010 at 12:49 pm
great share
Atanacio
On February 22, 2010 at 1:47 pm
man this was another good entry
LewSethics
On February 22, 2010 at 4:26 pm
interesting share
8Shei8
On February 22, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Fascinating history, brutal brother!
Anj M
On February 23, 2010 at 2:54 am
Thats an interesting story.
swatilohani
On February 23, 2010 at 2:55 am
insightful
yes me
On February 23, 2010 at 7:12 am
Sad that so much of history is constantly repeated
generation after generation…. peace the one thing
they all crave, some more than others.
bailieman
On February 23, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Interesting as a historical piece where power was far more important than family.
brotee mukhopadhyay
On February 24, 2010 at 9:17 am
Thanks for the story. Will you please present a story from the history of the Moghals which we may allow us to learn if there is any instance of peace and nonviolence shared or favored by these royal people?
sambhafusia
On February 24, 2010 at 2:02 pm
nice share.well composed and thanks for sharing this….
JannyCZ
On February 24, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I love history this was interesting.
wonder
On February 25, 2010 at 12:53 am
How cruel! this happened again at this age.
qasimdharamsy
On February 25, 2010 at 11:39 am
Very Nice one….I like it….
singming12
On February 25, 2010 at 11:22 pm
good job
AlmaG
On February 26, 2010 at 9:23 am
Great story and historical account my friend.
Judy Kaelin
On February 26, 2010 at 11:00 pm
Very, very interesting
Uma Shankari
On March 4, 2010 at 12:50 am
The mogul dynasty that ruled India is replete with such examples. Really terrible. Violence begets violence. Reap as you sow. What can one say?
I saw your weebly website as well. Looks very good. Well done.
Uma Shankari
On March 4, 2010 at 12:52 am
humayun tomb built by HIS wife. Small correction.
Citra Florenca
On March 8, 2010 at 4:46 am
I still don’t get it why people can be cruel to their own brother/sisters. Royal life in the past was so tricky.
xoxo
On March 23, 2010 at 10:41 am
Very well written and interesting article. Thanks for the share.
Ashwath Komath
On March 27, 2010 at 1:54 pm
I am presuming that Humayun fell from the Din-I-Panah and died after which Akbar took over. Please correct me if I am wrong. Anyways, it is a very informative article and a nice share. Thanks!