The initial years of Aurangzeb’s reign did not see any rebellion of political importance. But when he started nursing his religious zeal, there were signs of the coming...
Muhammad Shah Rangile 1719-1748 Mohammad Shah Rangila was able to keep the throne for around 29 years partially because the first thing he did was to eliminate the...
Rafi ud-Darajat 1719 Rafi ud-Darajat, the 11th Mughal emperor was proclaimed by the Sayyid Brothers in 1719, who could survive only for 4 months and died of some...
Farrukhsiyar 1713-1719 Farrukhsiyar was a despicable poltroon who suffered similar fate like Jahandar Shah 6 years later in 1719. He sat the throne with the help of two...
Jahandar Shah 1712-1713 After his father Bahadur Shah I died, he ascended the throne after eliminating his brother Azim-us-Shan. He had married to a dancing girl who became...
Bahadur Shah I ( 1707-1712) Aurangzeb was succeeded by his son Muazzam, who ascended the throne as Bahadur Shah I in 1707. His reign was just 5 years...
Aurangzeb 1658-1707 Aurangzeb Alamgir sat on the peacock throne with an even longer title of Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Hazrat Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir...
Elimination of Brothers by Aurangzeb After Muhammad had safely locked Shah Jahan in the fort, Aurangzeb entered Agra and seized Dara’s house and the treasure. He now launched...
Battle of Samugarh 1658 After a defeat in the Battle of Dhramatpur, Dara sent a magnificent army which counted 1 lakh horses against the Aurangzeb. But the news...
Battle of Dhramatpur 1658 The Battle of Dharmatpur was fought on 15 April 1658 on the banks of river Narmada , some 20 kilometers from Ujjain. When the...
