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- He signed a treaty with his elder brother, Dara, which left him in control of Bengal, Orissa and a large part of Bihar, on 17 May 1658. Aurangzeb defeated Dara twice (at Dharmat and Samugarh), caught him, executed him on a charge of heresy and ascended the throne.
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Aug 30, 2024 · On this day in 1659, Aurangzeb, one of four sons of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, decisively ended the struggle for the throne by defeating and putting to death his eldest brother Dara Shikoh.
In the war of succession which ensued after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657, Dara was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb). He was executed in 1659 on Aurangzeb's orders in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne. [7]
Apr 26, 2020 · However, it was a hotspot of another kind previously, where Mughal prince Dara Shikoh was executed by his brother Aurangzeb after being betrayed by Afghan chief Malik Jiwan.
Mar 5, 2017 · Aurangzeb had trumped Dara Shukoh in the contest for the throne of Hindustan. But 350 years later, those two brothers are still fighting in the Indian imagination, reduced to a new good Muslim-bad Muslim narrative.
Aug 30, 2013 · Chasing after him, Aurangzeb declared that Dara Shikoh was not a Muslim anymore and that he had killed the Grand Vizier Saadullah Khan (neither of these claims were verified).
May 17, 2018 · Dara tries to muzzle the agents at court who are loyal to his brothers and so temporarily imprisons Isa Beg, Aurangzeb’s personal vakil at court. But another crucial source of information for...
Mar 20, 2023 · Shah Jahan constantly undermined Aurangzeb, who, according to Mukhoty, was a “creature of his family’s casual disdain”. In one letter, the emperor blames Dara for all his ills. Things came to a head one day in September 1657, when Shah Jahan took ill.
