A Princess to remember

Sultanat ka waaris

Firoza and Hameed didn't get to speak the next day as both of them were busy with their own works.

Meanwhile , King Mirza being one of the most powerful kings of the era , decided to expand the borders of his kingdom and capture the entire Hindustan , thus he sent a proposal to all kingdoms stating that he wishes to unite entire Hindustan and thus all the kings who agree to this and accept him as their king shall gain his friendship and the anyone who disagrees to this has to fight with him.

Few kings who weren't as powerful as King Mirza , thought it was a matter of intelligence to agree to the proposal as they could also gain the support and friendship of King Mirza , thus they accepted him as their ruler.

Few kings lost their temper as soon as they read the treaty and thus waged war on Surkanda , Mirza defeated them in no time and then captured their kingdom. As the days passed , there left very few kingdoms who didnt accept to this proposal.

Meanwhile one evening , King Mirza was seated in his bedroom when his minister Rashid wished to meet him , the king was so lost in thoughts that he couldn't even hear the announcement of minister entering his chamber , Rashid wished the king but still he got no response and thus went near him and him the reason of his worry , then king told him that he wished to coronate his son as the crown prince and thus and hence asked Rashid to call the Padri ( royal priest ) and when he arrived , king asked him to arrange for an auspicious day for the coronation ceremony.

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Firoza was busy teaching her parrot new words when suddenly Saleema ( Firoza's maid & best friend) entered Firoza's chambers with a smile , and told her that Baadshah has decided to  the coronate the princes on the 10th day of Ramzan and a grand jashn was going to be organised on that day.

Firoza was delighted to hear this and she was lost in plans of the dress she would wear on that day , the dishes to ask the cooks to prepare etc.

"Firoza , where are you lost?! We have to do so many preparations right? chalo" - Saleema's voice hauled Firoza out of her thoughts.

Then Firoza went to her mother , to help her in the preparations for the celebration. The entire kingdom was filled with joy and most of them wanted attend the coronation ceremony , everyone was very much excited about it.

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Finally , that special day of occasion arrived and everyone was eagerly for Abdullah & Hameed to enter the court and be seated so that the ceremony could begin.

After a wait of few minutes people could hear the announcement being made"Shehzade Abdullah aur Hameed tashrif la rahe hai".

Then Hameed & Abdullah were seated on the thrones and the ceremony began with an announcement that left all the people of the court in shock.
It was an announcement made by King Muhammad Mirza.

He announced that after him , the throne would be succeeded by his son Abdullah & that Hameed would work under his instructions and help Abdullah in good governance of the kingdom. This left Hameed heart broken. He felt that his own father didn't care about him , he felt as if he was out of place , and felt that no body loved him. He felt bad that even if he didn't share a great bond with Abdullah , he still never thought anything bad about him and it hurted him that even Abdullah didn't ask the king to give equal share to him too .

But no one dared to object the king , so everyone accepted Abdullah as the crown prince but Firoza who heard all this as she was present in the court , was filled with mixed emotions of anger and sadness but she somehow controlled them and she said in a firm voice to her father -
"Abbu jaan , how can you do this injustice to Hameed bhaiyya as you also know that Hameed bhaiyya also has a equal right on the throne just as Abdullah bhaiyya and both of them are equally capable enough".

After hearing this the king was red with anger as he couldn't bear this daughter shouting at him that too in front of so many people and he said Firoza angrily-
"Firoza , you have no right to interfere in this matter and girls should always help their mothers in the kitchen and never again dare to interfere in the kingdom's adminstration."

After hearing this Firoza couldn't her emotions any longer and tears of anger rolled down her cheeks and she walked our of the court with the speed of wind. She went to her chamber and ordered to be left alone so all her maids left the room , she knelt down on the floor , with her head on the bed and cried profusely , she was angry that her father was partial towards Abdullah but what overwhelmed her more was that , the person who loved her more than anyone else , the person who could never see her in tears , the person who could do anything to see her happy , refused to listen to her and shouted at her that too in an open court !!

This thought hurted Firoza so much , she felt like she had been stabbed by a knife.

the ceremony must be over by now , and Hameed bhaiyya must be really sad...but...but where is he ?! ~ a sudden thought stuck her mind.

She rushed to one of her maids who were present outside her chamber and pulled her all of a sudden , and asked her to exchange dupatta with her and sit in her chamber for sometime. She hurriedly wrote a letter addressing Hameed , and held it tight in her hand as she was rushed through the corridor. She then saw him going towards the stable , and rushed that way , she reached there just in time as Hamid was already seated on his favourite horse whom he had named Baadal and was about to leave ,  when Firoza came running towards him with tears in her eyes and said
" Bhaiyya I felt very bad for you but where are you going ?"

" I am not hungry of throne , Firoza. I have never eyed on something that's not mine . I have no problem in sharing the kingdom with Abdullah. All I want is my respect and my right, which I didnt get here and thus I am going." ~ saying thus he went off on his horse.

" Par bhaiyya , listen na...where are you going leaving me alone.....bhaiyya..Bhaiyya..." Firoza kept calling him and telling him not to go , but her words fell in dead years.