Aurangzeb, one of the greatest of the Mogul emperors of Hindustan, was the third son of Shah Jahan, and was born in November 1618. His original name, Mahommed, was changed by his father, with whom he was a favorite, into Aurangzeb, meaning ornament of the throne, and at a later time he assumed the additional titles of Mohi-eddin, reviver of religion, and Alam-gir, conqueror of the world.
At a very early age, and throughout his whole life, he manifested profound religious feeling, perhaps instilled into him in the course of his education under some of the strictest Mahommedan doctors. He was employed, while very young, in some of his father's expeditions into the country beyond the Indus, gave promise of considerable military talents, and was appointed to the command of an army directed against the Uzbeks. In this campaign he was not completely successful, and soon after was transferred to the army engaged in the Deccan. Here he gained several victories, and in conjunction with the famous general, Mir Jumla, who had deserted from the king of Golconda, he seized and plundered the town of Hyderabad, which belonged to that monarch.
His father's express orders prevented Aurangzeb from following up this success, and, not long after, the sudden and alarming illness of Shah Jahan turned his thoughts in another direction. Of Shah Jahan's four sons, the eldest, Dara, a brave and honourable prince, but disliked by the Muslims on account of his liberality of thought, had a natural right to the throne. Accordingly, on the illness of his father, he at once seized the reins of government and established himself at Delhi. The second son, Shuja, governor of Bengal, a dissolute and sensual prince, was dissatisfied, and raised an army to dispute the throne with Dara. The keen eye of Aurangzeb saw in this conjuncture of events a favorable opportunity for realising his own ambitious schemes.
His religious exercises and temperate habits gave him, in popular estimation, a great superiority over his brothers, but he was too politic to put forward his claims openly. He made overtures to his younger brother Murad, governor of Gujarat, representing that neither of their elder brothers was worthy of the kingdom, that he himself had no temporal ambition, and desired only to place a fit monarch on the throne, and then to devote himself to religious exercises and make the pilgrimage to Mecca. He therefore proposed to unite his forces to those of Murad, who would thus have no difficul
RE:THE GREAT GREAT EMPORER
by Golu Gayani on Mar 08, 2007 10:15 PM Permalink
Hey Guy, would you like to hire this moron. Go ahead we are not interested in your nonsense.
RE:THE GREAT GREAT EMPORER
by Dr_Ramanand Rao on Mar 09, 2007 07:07 AM Permalink
it can be summed as-
1.he was so great that moghul dynasty was over by 1757(precisely 50 yeras after his death.)
2. he had such good control over his empire that he spent 27 yeras quelling rebels which were finally unsucessful and he died some 1000 Kms away from his capital.
3. he had a great respect for human values so that he killed his brothers, his son,imprisioned his father and died alone.
4. he was true to his friends and subordinates like he was to Durga das Rathotr, Sikh , Jats, marathas.
5. he was great warrior had lost kandhar and kashmir twice in his expeditions and one time left battle field in between. he lost to champatrai
6. He was zinda peer thats why he demolished lots of temples and masscared hindus and sikhs in Kashmir, Mathura, Rajsthan and Punjab
really we can not have a better emperor like him
all those who love and regard him should follow him in hell(oops heaven!)
RE:THE GREAT GREAT EMPORER
by Rajiv Shivashankar on Mar 09, 2007 08:49 AM Permalink
It is very apparent you have no work and no knowledge, hence you keep spouting junk non-stop. This blog should be shut down now.
