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Medieval History

The War of Succession: Road to Throne for Aurangzeb

September 27, 2021 by Rohit Mishra
The loyal soliders guarding the palace of Aurangzeb at Aurangabad's Fort, war of succession

The war of succession among his brothers seemed to inherit from his father as Shahjahan once rebelled against his father Mughal Emperor Jahangir. In June 1626, after an unsuccessful rebellion by his father (Shahjahan), Aurangzeb … Read more

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The Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (c. 1658-1707 CE)

September 25, 2021 by Rohit Mishra
Aurangzeb and his foreign policy

Aurangzeb was one of the ablest and more precisely cruelest (in most of the context) of Mughal emperors. However, it can’t be denied that under the Aurangzeb regime the Mughal Empire reached its greatest territorial … Read more

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