1. FINAL ASSIGNMENT
“Documentary Proposal”
GROUP MEMBERS:
Mohammad Ahbab 14014057003
FahadHussain 14014057004
ZeeshanZafar 14014057005
PROGRAM: MA Media and Communication
SUBJECT: Introduction to Broadcast Media
RESOURCE PERSON: Mam MadeehaJaved
SUBMIT ON: 30-06-2014
2. TOPIC MUGHAL KING AKBAR
TITLE
FINDING PLURALISM IN
AKBAR THE GREAT
DURATION 45 Minutes
FREQUENCY 6 Months (Once in 2 Weeks)
CHARACTERS Interviews Of Researchers & Historians
VISUALS Clippings Of Fort & Demonstrations; Recreations
AUDIO Background Music Of Mughal Period
MAIN IDEA /
PURPOSE
If you want to know what make this man great? What is his legacy
and what can be learned in the example he left for future
generation? Who was this emperor, famed for his wisdom and
goodness? How did he become one of the greatest rulers in world
history? What would you do to know? How would you make the
breakthrough and start on different path, a path of your own? This is
what our documentary all about is.
RESEARCH
Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, also known as Akbar the
Great (Akbar-e-Azam). Akbar the Great, leader of the Moghul
Empire, fostered plur
He is considered the greatest of the Moghul emperors in terms of his
3. RESEARCH
military conquests. Akbar is also renowned for his patronage of the
arts and sciences. Miniature, weaving, book making, metallurgy,
and technological innovations all flourished under his reign.
Akbar was born at Umarkot in Sind on October 15, 1542. Akbar
ascended the Mughal throne at the age of 13, and became
Shahanshah ("King of Kings").The young emperor set out on an
aggressive policy of military expansion, both for geo strategic
reasons and as a way to get troublesome warrior and advisers away
from the capital. In the following years, the Mughal army would
conquer much of northern India (including what is now Pakistan)
and Afghanistan.
Akbar had texts on philosophy, history, religion, science and other
topics read to him, and could recite long passages of what he had
heard from memory.
Akbar was personally courageous, willing to lead the charge in
battle. He enjoyed taming wild cheetahs and elephants, as well. This
courage and self-confidence allowed Akbar to initiate novel policies
in government, and to stand by them over objections from more
conservative advisers and courtiers.
From an early age, Akbar was raised in a tolerant milieu. Although
his family was Sunni, two of his childhood tutors were Persian
Shias. As an emperor, Akbar made the Sufi concept of Sulh-e-Kuhl,
or "peace to all," a founding principle of his law.
4. Akbar displayed remarkable respect for his Hindu subjects and their
faith. His first marriage in 1562 was to JodhaBai or HarkhaBai,
Akbar had 36 wives of various ethnic and religious backgrounds.
Akbar in 1563 repealed a special tax placed on Hindu pilgrims who
visited sacred sites, and in 1564 completely repealed the jizya, or
yearly tax on non-Muslims In October of 1605, the 63 year old
Emperor Akbar suffered a serious bout of dysentery. After being
sick for three weeks, he passed away at the end of that month. The
emperor was buried in a beautiful mausoleum in the royal city of
Agra
Perhaps most of all, Akbar the Great showed the rulers of all nations
everywhere that tolerance is not weakness, and open mindedness is
not the same thing as indecisiveness. As a result, he is honored more
than four centuries after his death as one of the greatest rulers in
human history.
