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The Tomb of Aurangzeb [2] is located in Khuldabad, Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India. In notable contrast to other Mughal tombs, which are large monuments of Mughal architecture , including the Taj Mahal , at his own direction Aurangzeb is buried in an unmarked grave [ 3 ] at the complex of the dargah or shrine of Sheikh Zainuddin .
The execution of Sambhaji was a significant event in 17th-century Deccan India, where the second Maratha King was put to death by order of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.The conflicts between the Mughals and the Deccan Sultanates, which resulted in the downfall of the Sultanates, paved the way for tensions between the Marathas and the Mughals.
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, [f] and also by his regnal name Alamgir I, [g] [h] was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.
In 1681, Aurangzeb's fourth son Muhammad Akbar left the Mughal court along with a few Muslim Mansabdar supporters and joined Muslim rebels in the Deccan. [23] Aurangzeb in response moved his court south to Aurangabad and took over command of the Deccan campaign. The rebels were defeated and Akbar fled south to seek refuge with Sambhaji.
The Deccan wars were a series of military conflicts between the Mughal Empire and the descendants of the Maratha ruler Shivaji from the time of Shivaji's death in 1680 until the death of Emperor Aurangzeb in 1707. [3] Shivaji was a central figure in what has been called "the Maratha insurgency" against the Mughal state. [4]
English: Mughal Empire at its maximum extent under Aurangzeb, 1707. Source: Schwartzberg, Joseph E. A Historical Atlas of South Asia (University of Minnesota, 1992), Plate VI.A (p.44–46) and XIV.4 (p.148) See also: Truschke, Audrey. Aurangzeb (Stanford University Press, 2017), Chapter 1 map "Mughal Empire in 1707" Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay ...
The Bibi Ka Maqbara (English: "Tomb of the Lady" [1] [2]) is a tomb located in the city of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar in the Indian state of Maharashtra.It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's son, Prince Azam Shah, in the memory of his wife Dilras Banu Begum (posthumously known as Rabia-ul-Durrani).
In November 1688, Aurangabadi was still living in Bijapur, when plague spread out in the city. The plague was the cause of death of a number of people, and one of its victims was Aurangabadi Mahal. After her death, Saqi Must'ad Khan, the author of the "Ma'asir-i-Alamgiri" described her as 'the Emperor's parastar, the old and devoted hand-maid ...