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The Mughal war of succession of 1658–1659 was a war of succession fought between the four sons of Shah Jahan: Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, and Shah Shuja, in hopes of gaining the Mughal Throne. Prior to the death of Shah Jahan, each of his sons held governorships during their father's reign.
Mughal war of succession (1627–1628), after the death of emperor Nuruddin Salim Jahangir of the Mughal Empire; Siamese war of succession (1628–1629), after the death of king Songtham of the Ayutthaya Kingdom [80] Mataram war of succession (1645–1648), after the sudden death of Sultan Agung of Mataram. To prevent succession disputes from ...
Battle of Samugarh, Jang-e-Samugarh, (May 29, 1658), was a decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) between the sons of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan after the emperor's serious illness in September 1657.
The battle of Dharmat was fought during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) by Aurangzeb against Jaswant Singh Rathore who was allied with the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh. The battle was fought on the open plain of Dharmat on the hot Summer day of 15 April 1658 in which Aurangzeb won a decisive victory due to advantage in artillery and ...
Battle of Samugarh fought in 1658, part of the Mughal war of succession. The four sons of Shah Jahan all held governorships during their father's reign. The emperor favoured the eldest, Dara Shikoh. [51] This had caused resentment among the younger three, who sought at various times to strengthen alliances between themselves and against Dara.
Mughal war of succession may refer to: Mughal war of succession (1627–1628), after the death of emperor Nuruddin Salim Jahangir of the Mughal Empire; Mughal war of succession (1658–1659), after grave illness of emperor Shah Jahan of the Mughal Empire; Mughal war of succession (1707–1709), after the death of emperor Aurangzeb of the Mughal ...
Mughal war of succession (1658–1659) O. Offensive against Narva (1658) R. Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658) S. Battle of Samugarh; Siege of Jama (1658) Siege of Kronborg;
[81] 17th-century French traveller François Bernier, who spent about 12 years in India (1658–1670; partially overlapping with the Mughal war of succession of 1657–1661), praised Aurangzeb as "a great King" with "a versatile and rare genius", but was critical of the "unjust and cruel" means by which he and other Mughal emperors rose to ...