Aurangzeb is one of the most unpopular rulers in Indian history. He was a staunch Islamic ruler and he destroyed many Hindu temples and built mosques. Apart from this, he behaved very inhumanly with the Hindus. Today in this article we will test the veracity of these allegations Aurangzeb Alamgir: Did the Mughal emperor who ruled India for 50 years really hate Hindus? Must read the article till the end.
Aurangzeb Alamgir-early life
Aurangzeb, the most controversial ruler of the Mughal dynasty and Indian history, was born on 3 November 1618 in Dahod, Gujarat. He was the sixth child and third son of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan was the governor of Gujarat at the time of his birth.
| Name | Aurangzeb Alamgir |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Abul Muzaffar Muhammad Mohiuddin Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir Badshah Ghazi |
| Birth | 3 November 1618 |
| Birth place | Dahod Gujarat India |
| Father's name | Shah jahan |
| Mother's name | Mumtaz |
| Gharana | Taimuri |
| Linage | Mughal dynasty |
| Religion | Sunni islam |
| Reign | 31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707 |
| Wives names | Dilras Bano Begum, Begum Nawabbai, Aurangabadi Mahal Begum, Udaipuri Mahal. |
| Names of sons | Mohammad Sultan, Bahadur Shah, Mohammad Azam Shah, Mohammad Kambakhsultan Mohammad Akbar |
| Daughters names | Zeb-un-Nisa, Zeenat-un-Nisa, Badr-un-Nisa, Zubdat-un-Nisa, Mehr-un-Nisa |
| Coronation | 13 June 1659 in Shalimar Bagh |
| Death | March 3, 1707 |
| Age at death | (age 88) |
| Mausoleum | Aurangzeb's Tomb, Khuldabad Aurangabad Maharashtra, India |
| Article | Medieval India |
In June 1626, as a result of Shah Jahan’s failed rebellion, Aurangzeb and his brother Dara Shikoh were imprisoned by Nur Jahan at their grandfather Jahangir’s court in Lahore.
When Shah Jahan was proclaimed Mughal emperor on 26 February 1628, Aurangzeb returned to live with his parents at Agra Fort. It was here that Aurangzeb received formal education in Arabic and Persian.
It was Aurangzeb during whose reign the Mughal Empire reached its zenith. He was probably the richest and most powerful man of his time. During his lifetime, through conquests in some of the kingdoms of South India, the Mughal Empire covered twelve and a half million square miles and ruled over 150 million people, a quarter of the world’s population.
Aurangzeb was a devout Muslim and imposed a Sharia-based Fatwa-i-Alamgiri on the entire empire and imposed a high tax called Jizya on non-Muslims for a long time. He was not the first Muslim ruler to impose Sharia on non-Muslim subjects. He killed Guru Tegh Bahadur of the Sikhs for not accepting Islam and destroyed many temples and built mosques in place of temples.