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The Mughal prince who tried to bridge Islam and Hinduism through philosophy — and lost his head for losing the throne. Shah Jahan's chosen heir, Dara Shukoh wrote about religious harmony while his brother Aurangzeb sharpened a different edge.
Born in March 1615, Dara Shukoh was the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, granted the title Prince of High Rank and groomed by his father and elder sister Jahanara Begum as the empire's next ruler. He spent his energy on mysticism and the arts rather than warfare, authoring The Confluence of the Two Seas — a work arguing that Sufi and Vedanta philosophy shared common ground. When Shah Jahan fell ill in 1657, the succession turned violent: Dara's younger brother Muhiuddin, later known as Aurangzeb, defeated him in battle. On 30 August 1659, Aurangzeb had him executed. Historians still wo…
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Bigger in nature was the protest lodged by the citizens of Delhi when the vanquished Prince Dara Shukoh was humiliated and later executed by Aurangzeb in 1658.
In one of his letters Aurangzeb himself writes: “The fate of Dara Shukoh excited the passions of the misguided citizens of Delhi.
So long as you held the reins of government I never did anything without your permission, nor did I ever step beyond my jurisdiction.
Canonical Law and Faith apprehended many kinds of disturbance from his life.
Those executioners of tyranny and barbarity arrived at the garden of Khizrabad at seven O’clock at night.
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