Ruler · 1618 – 1707

Aurangzeb

Lived 1618 – 1707; monarch. Mughal emperor of Mughal Empire, 1658 – 1707.

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Lived: 1618 – 1707; 89 years
In office: 49 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mughal Empire
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Mughal emperor

Mughal Empire · the 7th of 22 dated reigns · 1526 – 1857

3 before

Akbar1556 – 1605

Jahangir I1605 – 1627

Shah Jahan1628 – 1658

Aurangzeb1658 – 1707

Muhammad Azam Shah1707

Bahadur Shah I1707 – 1712

Jahandar Shah1712 – 1713

12 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1658 – 1707 · 49 years · came to it aged 40

Came to it: seized powerthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1707, the year they died

In September 1657, Shah Jahan nominated his eldest and liberalist son Dara Shikoh as his successor, a move repudiated by Aurangzeb, who proclaimed himself emperor in February 1658.

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