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- 1. (1618–1707), Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707, who increased the Mogul empire to its greatest extent.
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Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor. By. Stephanie Honchell Smith. Though his name is barely known in the West, the Emperor Aurangzeb (r. 1658-1707) stands out as one of South Asia’s most controversial historical figures. Today—365 years after ascending the throne as the sixth Mughal Emperor—his name elicits a range of emotional responses across ...
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The Mughals had for the most part been tolerant of non-Muslims, allowing them to practice their customs and religion without too much interference. Though certain Muslim laws had been in place during earlier reigns—prohibitions against Hindu temples, for example, or on the tax on non-Muslims (the Jizyah), enforcement by earlier emperors had been la...
As a reaction to Aurangzeb's political and religious expansionist policies, and to his discriminatory laws, a momentous change occurred in India. India's politics had been previously based on tribal and geographic boundaries, but now people began to identify and align according to their religions. This development would inform all subsequent Indian...
Aurangzeb's influence continues through the centuries, affecting not only India, but Asia and the world. He was the first ruler to attempt to impose Sharia law on a non-Muslim country. His critics, principally Hindu, decry this as intolerance. His supporters, mostly Muslims, applaud him, some calling him a pir or caliph. The Mughals never really re...
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Stanley Wolpert writes in his New History of India,: 1. …Yet the conquest of the Deccan, to which [Aurangzeb] devoted the last 26 years of his life, was in many ways a Pyrrhic victory, costing an estimated hundred thousand lives a year during its last decade of futile chess game warfare…. The expense in gold and rupees can hardly be accurately estimated. [Aurangzeb]'s moving capital alone- a city of tents 30 miles in circumference, some 250 bazaars, with a 1/2 million camp followers, 50,000 c...
Manas Group, UCLA
1. A year after he assumed power in 1658, Aurangzeb appointed muhtasaibs, or censors of public morals, from the ranks of the ulema or clergy in every large city. He was keen that the sharia or Islamic law be followed everywhere, and that practices abhorrent to Islam, such as the consumption of alcohol and gambling, be disallowed in public… (Manas n.d.). 1. It can scarcely be doubted, once the historical evidence is weighed, that the religious policies of Aurangzeb were discriminatory…. [L]itt...
Qureshi, Ishtiaque Hussain (ed.). 1967. A Short History of Pakistan.Karachi: University of Karachi Press.Eaton, Richard M. 2002. Essays on Islam and Indian History. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195662652Hansen, Waldemar. 1972. The Peacock Throne. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. ISBN 812080225XCarnegy, P. 1870. A Historical Sketch of Tehsil Fyzabad.Lucknow.All links retrieved November 30, 2021. 1. Temple Destruction by Aurangzeb—Cites multiple edicts issued and Mughal court documents 2. Why did Aurangzeb destroy Hindu temples?
From Project Gutenberg. Aurangabad. Aurangzeb definition: Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707.. See examples of AURANGZEB used in a sentence.
Aurangzeb, orig. Muḥī al-Dīn Muḥammad, (born Nov. 3, 1618, Dhod, Malwa, India—died March 3, 1707), Last of the great Mughal emperors of India (r. 1658–1707). He was the third son of the emperor Shah Jahān and Mumtāz Maḥal, for whom the Taj Mahal was built.
May 14, 2018 · AURANGZEB (1618–1707), sixth and last of the Great Mughal emperors of India Born Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad, Aurangzeb was renowned for his long war in the south (the Deccan) and for his religious orthodoxy. He expanded the Mughal empire to its greatest extent but bankrupted the empire, impoverishing the land and most of its people, by trying to ...
Overview. Aurangzeb. (1618—1707) Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707. Quick Reference. (1618–1707), Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1658–1707, who increased the Mogul empire to its greatest extent, and who assumed the title Alamgir (‘Conqueror of the World’).
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (Arabic: محی الدین محمد, romanized: Muḥī al-Dīn Muḥammad), better known as Aurangzeb (Arabic: اورنگزیب) was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire. He ruled over the majority of South Asia and imposed Islamic Sharia law. His reign lasted for 49 years, from 1658 until he died in 1707.
