Aurangzeb - The Mughal Empire - SST, Class 7 Video Lecture

Hansie
Hansie born in 1618 was considered as
the last great Mughal emperor he was the
third son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
by the time he turned 16 Shahana gave
him the post of the governor of Deccan
Aurangzeb moved to querque in the Deccan
region which he renamed or Unga bath
after him after some time shahe began to
favor his eldest son Dara Shikoh
Aurangzeb soon earned his father's
disfavor and was asked to step down from
his post
however after mending ties with his
father he was made governor of Gujarat
where he did well and was rewarded by
1647 he was made governor of bulk and
Badakhshan which lie in the present-day
Afghanistan and Tajikistan replacing his
ineffective brother Murad bucks these
areas were constantly attacked by rebels
and R&Z it managed to quell them with
his military skills when he was
appointed as the governor of Multan and
since he engaged in a long battle in an
effort to capture kandahar from the
Safavid army unfortunately or Ramsay
failed to do so and once again earned
his father's anger he was once again
appointed the governor of Tekken soon
after shah jahan fell in all his sons
began to fight over the throne Aurangzeb
defeated his brother Dara's army and
condemned him to death and took his
father as prisoner he defeated his other
brothers too and soon after took over
the throne at Outram his rule lasted 49
years although his predecessors with
tolerant towards all religions or on
save and for strict Islamic law called
the fatwa a Alam giddy he destroyed many
Hindu temples prohibited religious meets
and enforced unfair taxes on non-muslim
which albert had removed iran zip
extended the empire both in the
northwest and north east his armies
consisted of some 500 thousand camp
followers fifty thousand camels and
thirty thousand war elephants in a quick
span of time he invaded punjab and
afghanistan the cause of his restrictive
rule Aurangzeb had many enemies
especially the six when he insisted that
all Kashmiri Brahmans must convert to
Islam the helpless Kashmiri is turned to
the Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur for help
Aurangzeb refused to listen to his pleas
and insisted that he too must convert to
Islam when take Bajada refused
Oren's Eve had him executed which
triggered a rebellion from the six
orange Eve's army continued to weaken it
was at that time that his new enemies
the Marathas attacked him led by Shivaji
for 27 years the two armies fought many
battles and only after Shivaji's death
in 1680 that Erin's Abe and his army get
some respite this relief was short-lived
as the Raj booth of Jodhpur and mave are
joined forces and rebelled against
Oren's evils they declared themselves
independent of his rule or unzips sent
his son to quell their rebellions only
to learn later that his son would
deceive him up but Aurangzeb son
declared himself king and Soames led to
the Deccan where he allied with Shivaji
son Sam Haji Aurangzeb later sent his
son into exile in Persia from where he
never returned or indeed then captured
Sam Haji and killed him the decline of
the empire had already begun orange apes
political power had weakened because of
the time he spent on military man
does his governors and Generals became
powerful and many declared themselves
independent rulers are insane breeded
his last in 1707 though the empire
officially came to an end in 1857 when
emperor bahadur shah zafar was put on
trial it was at that time that the
Mughal Empire was completely wiped out
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