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Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the title Aurangzeb, [g] and also by his regnal name Alamgir I, [h] [i] was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.
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.
Emperor Aurangzeb died on 3 March 1707 in Ahmednagar after a 49-year reign without having formally declared a crown prince. His three sons Bahadur Shah I, Muhammad Azam Shah, and Muhammad Kam Bakhsh fought each other for the throne. Azam Shah declared himself successor to the throne, but was defeated in battle by Bahadur Shah.
Aurangzeb funded his resting place by knitting caps and copying the Qu’ran, during the last years of his life, works which he sold anonymously in the market place. Unlike the other great Mughal rulers, Aurangzeb's tomb is not marked with a large mausoleum instead he was interred in an open air grave in accordance with his Islamic principles.
Finally, Aurangzeb succeeded to the throne after defeating, executing or exiling all his brothers and kept Shah Jahan under house arrest until his death. [17] During Aurangzeb's reign, the empire gained political strength once more, and it became the world's largest economy, over a quarter of the world GDP, [citation needed] but his ...
[citation needed] His death gave the Marathas a newfound zeal and united them against their common foe, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. [13] [14] His death was a significant event in Indian history, and despite the Maratha resurgence it inspired, is regarded as marking the end of the golden era of the Maratha Empire. [citation needed]
Khulasat-ut-Tawarikh was completed in the 40th year of Aurangzeb's reign, corresponding to 1695 CE. Most of the manuscripts contain a brief account of Aurangzeb's death at the end, written abruptly in a small number of lines. This section is believed to be an insertion in an early copy by a transcriber and was repeated in subsequent copies. [3]
The Battle of Jajau was fought between the two Mughal princes and brothers Bahadur Shah I and Muhammad Azam Shah on 20 June 1707. In 1707, their father Aurangzeb died without having declared a successor; instead leaving a will in which he instructed his sons to divide the empire between themselves.