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Re: Re: Akbar or Aurangzeb
by Sandeep Patil on Oct 02, 2008 08:38 PM

Sons of Aurangzeb - Akbar and Muajjam revolted against him - such a saintly figure. Aurangzeb himself was afraid of getting assassinated by his sons (as he had done same unto his father and brothers). For this reason, he used to always keep them as governors of some remote areas. As per the tradition of Islamic rulers, his sons started waiting/planning for their fathers death (correction in your post, you call this the Indian way that princes fight and kill each other after their kings death. I am ashamed to see a fellow indian quoting that "People kill their own family members for a piece or land or other property dispustes in India" - while this kind of activity was privilage of Islamic rulers in India).
Well, so coming back to the point, I do not understand why sons of Aurangzeb could never understand the glory and saintlyhood of their father, and rather tried to revolt against him. The poor, helpless father then had to set some trecherous plots to leave them helpless, such that one of his Sons - Akbar - had to finally abscond to Iran.

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