Ruler · 1618 to 1707
Aurangzeb Alamgir
Took the throne by defeating his brothers and confining his father. He ruled the empire at its largest, sponsored the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri law code and built the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore.
At a glance
- Lived
- 1618 to 1707
- Role
- Ruler
- Dynasty
- Mughal Emperors
- Era
- Three gunpowder empires
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
Aurangzeb Alamgir's world
1683: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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