Aurangzeb (1658-1707)

Aurangzeb (1658-1707):
-Aurangzeb was the third son and sixth child of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.

-In1658 A.D, Aurangzeb took control of the Empire at Agra and placed his father under arrest.

-Unlike his father, Aurangzeb was not much interested in architecture.

-The largest structure that he had made- "Bibi Ka Maqbara" in Aurangabad in the memory of his first wife, Dilras Banu Begum.

-Aurangzeb also ordered the construction of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore.

-Aurangzeb constructed a small marble mosque known as the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) in the Red Fort complex in Delhi.

-He also constructed a mosque in Srinagar is still the largest in Kashmir.

-As a political and religious conservative, Aurangzeb chose not to follow the liberal religious viewpoints of his predecessors after his ascension.

-Aurangzeb banned the consumption, usage and practices of: alcoholism, gambling, castration, music in the Mughal Empire.

-He ordered to demolish the schools and the temples of non-Muslims.

-He died in Ahmednagar on 20 February 1707 at the age of 88.