Indian Antiquary Vol 40

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 89

MARCH, 1911.)
THE EMPEROR AURANGZEB ALAMGIR
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Aurangzēb hid tive sons and five daughters, 1-Muhammad Sultan, born near Mathură on the 4th Ramagan 1049 H. (Dec. 29th, 1689); he died on the 18th Shawwal 1087 H. (Dec. 25th, 1676), leaving no issue. Il-Muhammad Mu'azzam (created Shāh Alam on the 17th Sha'bān 1086 H. (Nov. 6th, 1675)], was born at Burhanpur on the 30th Rajāb 1058 H. (Oct. 14th, 1643). He succeeded his father under the title of Bahadur Shab. III-Mohammad A'zam Shah (subsequently called A'zam Tārā and 'Ali Jäh) was born on the 12th Shaibān 1068 H. (July 9th, 1653). He contested the throne with his brother Muazzam and was killed in the battle of Jājan, between Dholpur and Agrah, on the 18th Robi I, 1119 H. (June 18th, 1707). IV-Muhammad Akbar was born on the 12th Zül Hijjah 1067 H. (Sept. 22nd, 1657), and after rebelling in 1681, fled to Persia where he died, and was buried at Mashhad, on the 17th Zü,l Hijjah 1117 H. (March 31st, 1706). V-Muhammad Kām Bakhsh was born on the 10th Ramazan, 1077 H. (March 6th, 1667) and died from wounds received in a battle with his brother Mu'azzam, fought outside Haidarābād (Dakhin) on the 3rd Zü, 1 Qa'dah 1120 H. (Jan. 13th, 1709). (A)Zeb-an-nisa Begam was born on the 10th Shawwal 1048 H. (February 14th, 1639), and died in 1113 H. (1701-2), unmarried. She wrote poetry under the name of Makht, or the Hidden. (B)-Zinat-un-nisa Begam (afterwards Pādshah Begam) was born on the 1st Sha'ban 1053 H. (Oct. 15th, 1643). She took an active interest in the cause of her full brother, A'zam Shah and after his defeat and death was conveyed to Dehli, where she died on the 22nd Rajab 1133 H. (May 18th, 1721). She was the builder of the elegant Zinatul-maseijid on the Jamnah bank at Debli. (C)-Badr-un-nisa Begam was born on the 29th Shawwal 1057 H. (Nov, 27th, 1647) and died at Dehli on the 28th Zül Qa'dah 1080 H. (April 19th, 1670). (D)-Zubdat-un-nisa Begam was born on the 26th Ramazan 1061 H. (Sept. 12th, 1657), and died on the 15th Zü'l Qadah 1118 H. (Feb. 17th, 1707); she had been married on the 21st Shawwal 1088 H. (Feb. 10th, 1673), to her cousin, Sipihr Shukoh, son of Prince Dārā Shukoh, and had a son, Ali Tabär, who died a six-month-old infant at the end of 1087 1. (March, 1677). (E)-Mihr-unnisa Begam was born on the 3rd Safar 1072 (Sept. 28th, 1661); she was married 16th Sha'ban 1083 H. (Dec. 8th, 1672), to Ezad Bakhsh, son of Prince Murad Bakhsh, and died on the 18th Zul Hijjah 1117 H. (April 1st, 1706). Aurangzob's gold coins bore the distich :
Sikkah sad dar jahan cú mihr-i-munir Shah Aurangaeb- Alamgir. For silver coins, mihr was changed into badr. He rejected the use of the kalimah on coins, from conscientious scruples.
VI.-Table of the Initial Days of Regnal Years. Year.
A. H.
A. D. 1st Zül Qa'dah 1068 ... July 31st 1658 Ramazan 1069 ... May 23rd 1059
1070 May 12th 1660 1071 April 29th 1661 1072 April 20th 1662 1078 April 9th 1663 1074
March 29th 1664 1075 March 19th 1665 1076 March 7th 1666 1077 ... February 25th 1667 1078 February 14th 1668 1079 February 3rd 1669 1080 January 23rd 1670 1081 ... January 12th 1671 1082 January 1st 1672 1083
... December 21st 1672 1084
... December 10th 1673
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