Which King has more wife?

Perhaps the most well-known polygamist of all is the wise figure of King Solomon. He is believed to have had around 700 wives, and another 300 concubines, or mistresses.
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Which king has most number of wives?

King Mswati III: Meet King Mswati III of Swaziland, the 50-year-old monarch who has 15 wives and 23 children - The Economic Times.
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Which Indian king had many wives?

According to Diwan Jarmani Das, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh had 83 children from ten wives out of which only 53 were able to survive. The king had also built a 'swimming pool' outside the palace.
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How many wives did Kings usually have?

Kings in myth and epic often have more than one wife. It is fairly typical that while one of the wives has been married for political gain or for wealth, the king has another wife whom he loves — the king is divided in mind, heart and body as well.
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Who had 100 wives?

Abumbi II, the 11th fon, or king, of Bafut, Cameroon, has close to 100 wives. They weren't all his to start. According to local tradition, when a fon dies, his successor inherits all his wives and then marries his own queens.
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Why Did God Allow Some Men to Have Multiple Wives in the Old Testament?



Which God has only one wife?

As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna shows both examples - as Krishna He has 16.108 wives and as Rama He has only one wife. Also Vishnu has only one wife.
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Is Mughal family still alive?

Originally Answered: Where are the descendants of mughals today ? All are dead. Bahadur Shah's children were killed by the Britishers after the First War of Independence in 1857.
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Who is Akbar Favourite wife?

Mariam-uz-Zamani ( lit. 'Mary of the Age'); ( c. 1542 – 19 May 1623), commonly known by the misnomer Jodha Bai, was the chief and principal Rajput wife as well as the favorite queen consort of the third Mughal Emperor Akbar.
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Can a Hindu have 2 wives?

Legal developments

Thus polygamy became illegal in India in 1956, uniformly for all of its citizens except for Muslims, who are permitted to have four wives and for Hindus in Goa and along the western coast where bigamy is legal. A polygamous Hindu marriage is null and void.
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Who married most times?

Glynn Wolfe, also known as Scotty Wolfe (July 25, 1908 – June 10, 1997), was a Baptist minister who resided in Blythe, California. He was famous for holding the record for the largest number of monogamous marriages (31). His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years.
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Can I marry 2 wives?

Polygamy is illegal and criminalized in every country in North and South America, including all 50 U.S. states. However, in February 2020, the Utah House and Senate reduced the punishment for consensual polygamy, which had previously been classified as a felony, to roughly equivalent to a traffic ticket.
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How many wives Mughal had?

Portraits of Sixteen wives of Mughal Emperors are shown; they are set in oval frames and arranged around an image of the Diwani Khas–the private audience hall in the Delhi Red Fort.
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Which Mughal emperor had most wives?

The author talks about being inspired by Akbar, the emperor's 5,000 wives and more!
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Did Mughals drink alcohol?

Alcohol, opium and intoxicants had long been consumed by the Mughals of Hindustan. By the time of Jahangir's reign, rampant alcoholism was the leading cause of death within the nobility, followed by stomach ailments.
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Which Mughal emperor married his own daughter?

Shahjahan married his daughter Jahanara after the death of his wife Mumtaz Why this is not taught in History about Mughals? SPOT ON! You are 100% correct. They just say Roshanara was favourite of Aurangzeb and Jahanara of Shah Jahan-leaving out he married her also.
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How many wives Shah Jahan had?

Emperor Shah Jahan :: About Shah JahanSHAH JAHAN HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, CHILDHOOD, LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS & TIMELINE OF MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN. As a young man, he was married to two wives known as Akbarabadi Mahal (d. 1677 AD), and Kandahari Mahal (m.
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Which Mughal emperor had only one wife?

Aurangzeb, one of the highest debated Mughal emperors

Unlike other rulers, he only had one wife. He was a devoted worshipper and thus known as Zinda Pir (living saint).
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How many wives Babur had?

In the period 1506–08, Babur married four women, Maham Begum (in 1506), Masuma Sultan Begum, Gulrukh Begum and Dildar Begum. Babur had four children by Maham Begum, of whom only one survived infancy. This was his eldest son and heir, Humayun.
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Why Krishna have so many wives?

Being trapped in dharma, Shri Krishna accepted all women as his wives so that they live an honorable life and nobody dares to mock them. To restore their honor and give them the status of queen, Shri Krishna married them. That is how he came to have 16,108 wives.
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Who has the most wives in Hinduism?

7 Hindu Gods Who Have Multiple Wives (But WHY)
  • Polygamy Culture Of Hindu Deities.
  • Lord Brahma – 2 Wives.
  • Lord Vishnu – 3 Wives.
  • Lord Shiva – 2 Wives.
  • Shani Dev – 2 Wives.
  • Lord Yama – 3 Wives.
  • Lord Ganesha – 5 Wives.
  • Lord Kartikeya – 2 Wives.
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