Having said this, it is recorded that Salima Begum was given the charge of looking after Murad. For the simple reason that Murad’s biological mother was not in a state to look after Murad. Murad was born within nine months of Salim’s birth. Assuming that Akbar observed the mandatory 40 days before he saw his son Salim and wife MUZ (as he was advised to) it means that Murad was born at almost the end of the eighth month which makes him a pre mature baby. (Records do suggest that because he was weak he started studies late) If Harkha Bai/ Marium Uz Zamani was the biological mother of Murad, this fits in since she had a ten month old Salim with her plus she was weak with two short spaced pregnancies.