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Rahmat-un-Nissa (Persian: رحمت النساء بیگم; died c. 1691), better known by her title Nawab Bai (Persian: نواب بائی; meaning "The Great"), was a secondary wife of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
In 1638, Aurangzeb married Nawab Bai, later known as Rahmat al-Nisa. That same year, Aurangzeb dispatched an army to subdue the Portuguese coastal fortress of Daman, however his forces met stubborn resistance and were eventually repulsed at the end of a long siege.
The seventh Mughal Emperor of India, Bahadur Shah I was born 375 years ago, on October 14, 1643. Bahadur Shah I was the third son of Aurangzeb with Muslim Rajput wife, Nawab Bai. Bahadur Shah I ruled over India from 1707 to 1712, until his death.
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Oct 13, 2014 · Ahmad Shah Abdali and the Nawab of Awadh Shuja-ud-Daula reaffirmed Shah Alam II as the rightful Mughal emperor. Shah Alam took part in the Battle of Buxar (23 Oct 1764) with Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal and Shuja-ud-Daula against the British.
Mar 3, 2021 · The very first woman Aurangzeb had betrothed was Nawab Bai. He then went on to marry Dilras Banu Begum, his second wife, and then came Aurangabadi Mahal, the third woman he married.
- Aurangzeb's full name was Muḥī al-Dīn Muḥammad. He was also given the title of Alamgir which means conqueror of the world.
- Aurangzeb had three wives whose names were Nawab Bai, Dilras Banu Begum, Aurangabadi Mahal.
- Al-Fatawa al-'Alamgiriyya is the other name of Fatawa 'Alamgiri.It is a shared-based compilation on statecraft, generic ethics, military strategy,...
- Aurangzeb had ten children throughout his lifetime through his three wives. They were Zeb-un-Nissa, Muhammad Sultan, Zinat-un-Nissa, Bahadur Shah I...
- The 49 years that Aurangzeb ruled over the Mughal Empire as its emperor are known to be the golden years of the empire, considering how it thrived...
- Aurangzeb was indeed one of the best rulers in history. However, he had also committed his fair share of certain atrocious acts. Many critics have...
- Being a stringent orthodox Muslim emperor, one of his main acts as the ruler of the Mughal Empire was to establish Islam as the dominant force unde...
Nawab Bai was the daughter of a Kashmiri rajah and the mother of Bahadur Shah I. She was one of the four wives of Aurangzeb, who married her in 1637 and had a troubled relationship with her sons.
Sep 21, 2014 · The House of Timur moved to India: Babur established the Timurid Dynasty in India in 1526, which later became known as the Mughal empire (1526-1857). Babur was sixth in descent from Timur, and his mother was a descendant of Chengiz Khan. The first six Mughal Emperors, from Babur to Aurangzeb, are collectively referred to as the great Mughals.
