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History of Aurangzib is a book in five volumes by Indian historian Jadunath Sarkar about the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. The book is considered to be the magnum opus of Jadunath Sarkar and was written between 1912 and 1924. [1] It has been called the most authoritative account of Aurangzeb. [2] [3]
The siege of Jinji, (September 1690–8 January 1698), began when the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb appointed Zulfiqar Ali Khan as the Nawab of the Carnatic and dispatched him to besiege and capture Jinji Fort, which had been sacked and captured by Maratha Empire troops led by Rajaram, they had also ambushed and killed about 300 Mughal Sowars in the Carnatic.
Qateel Shifai was born in Haripur District as Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in British India (now Pakistan). [3] He was of Hindkowan background. [4] [2]He adopted Qateel Shifai as his pen name in 1938, under which he was known in the world of Urdu poetry.
Aurangzeb and his brother were consequently reunited with Shah Jahan in Agra. [20] As a Mughal prince, Aurangzeb received an education covering subjects like combat, military strategy, and administration. His curriculum also included areas like Islamic studies, Turkic and Persian literature. Aurangzeb grew up fluent in the Hindustani language.
Raja Ram Sinsinwar (reigned 1 January 1670 – 4 July 1688) was the first leader, who organised a rebellion against Aurangzeb. He was the chieftain of Sinsini . Before Rajaram the zamindars were organised by different village heads dotted around Agra , Mathura and the Yamuna river.
Ramaraja II (nominally, grandson of Rajaram and Queen Tarabai) (r. 1749–1777) Shahu II (r. 1777–1808) Pratap Singh (r. 1808–1839) – signed a treaty with the East India Company ceding part of the sovereignty of his kingdom to the company [147] Kolhapur: Tarabai (1675–1761) (wife of Rajaram) in the name of her son Shivaji II
Alamgir Hashmi (Urdu: عالمگیر ہاشمی), also known as Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi (born 15 November 1951), is an English language poet and writer of Pakistani origin. [ 1 ] Considered avant-garde, his early and later works were published to considerable critical acclaim.
An estimated of 2.5 million of Aurangzeb's army were killed during the Mughal–Maratha Wars (100,000 annually during a quarter-century), while 2 million civilians in war-torn lands died due to drought, plague and famine. [120] [119] In the century-and-a-half that followed the death of Aurangzeb, effective Muslim control started weakening ...