Aurangzeb
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Article abstract: Aurangzeb was the last of the great Mughal emperors who ruled north and central India after 1526. The most pious and ruthless of these rulers, he was a great conqueror, a brilliant administrator, and an extraordinarily cunning statesman.
Early Life
Muhī-ud-Dīn Muhammad Aurangzeb was born in the city of Dohad, about three hundred miles north of Bombay, on November 3, 1618. He was the third of the four sons of the Mughal Emperor Shāh Jahān and his wife, Mumtāz Mahal, for whom the Tāj Mahal was built. The Mughals, a Muslim people...
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