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What is the difference between Shahjahan and Aurangzeb?
Shahjahan: Aurangzeb’s father, kind and loving person and an efficient ruler. aurangzeb: Shahjahan’s son, cruel and destructive personality, one of the worst of the Mughal rulers during whose reign the downfall of the mughal empire began.
Was Aurangzeb a good person?
Aurangzeb was the last effective emperor of the Mughal empire. In the Pakistani narrative, Aurangzeb is presented as a hero who fought and expanded the frontiers of the Islamic empire. He is depicted as a pious Muslim who reintroduced Islamic laws by banning music and levying jizya.
What was bad about Aurangzeb?
In this communalisation of history, emperor Aurangzeb (1618–1707) bears the dubious distinction of being blamed for the downfall of the mighty Mughal empire due to his intolerance, a product of his puritanical interpretation of religion.
What type of person was Aurangzeb?
During his long reign, the Mughal empire reached its territorial climax. It stretched from Kashmir in the north to Jinji in the South, and from the Hindu Kush in the west to Chittagong in the east. Aurangzeb was a man of extraordinary ability, strict discipline and a hard working. He was remarkable on many respects.
Why did Aurangzeb kept his father in jail?
As evidence of Aurangzeb’s intolerance, it is argued that he demolished several Hindu temples. After usurping the throne from his father, Shah Jahan, Aurangzeb is believed to have imprisoned him in Agra, where he was rumoured to have been deprived of luxuries he had grown accustomed to, including music.
Who was Shah Jahan s eldest child?
1681. Jahanara Begum was a Mughal princess and later the Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire from 1631 to 1658 and again from 1668 until her death. She was the second and the eldest surviving child of Emperor Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.
Is anyone alive from Mughal family?
An apparent descendant of the wealthy Mughal dynasty, who now lives on a pension. Ziauddin Tucy is the sixth generation descendant of the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar and today struggles to make ends meet. Tucy has two unemployed sons and is currently living on pension .