Exploring Islamic History & Culture
Audrey Truschke writes: "Aurangzeb exited this world more than 300 years ago, in the winter of 1707. He was buried in a simple, open-air grave in Khuldabad, Maharashtra. In contrast to Humayun's imposing tomb of red sandstone in Delhi, or Shah Jahan's ...
On this day, 13th of January, 1709 CE, the Battle of Hyderabad took place between the two sons of Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah I and Kam Bakhsh. Bakhsh was critically injured and would die the next day. Bahadur Shah himself washed the wounds from Kam Baksh’s ...
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During his reign, Aurangzeb expanded the Mughal Empire to 4 million square kilometers in the south and ruled over a population estimated to be over 158 million subjects with annual revenue of $450 million in 1690.