Aurangzeb biography
Shah-Dzhigan; He was 9 years old when his weak and unfortunate father entered the board. Very early incited by ambition, he hid his wide plans under the mask of religious zeal in the service of rites and external abstinence; He distinguished himself in the war of his father against the Raja Vizapur and Golkonda and became vigorously suppressing the uprising of the vassals of this country in the city of he was considered a wise and fair ruler; One of his sons, who tried to acquire adherents in the country, he ordered to poison in G.
he happily waged many wars in the dean with the mountain peoples of Kabul and Kandahar, and from Rajutputani and significantly increased his possessions of the annexation of Vizapur and Golkonda vassal lands. Brockhaus, I. Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. The father, being the great ruler of Asia, taught Aurangzuba all the foundations of Asian rule, based on strength and treachery, for which he paid at one time.
The eighteen-year-old son of the Great Mogol, having learned the basics of his father’s rule and having taken up experience in military campaigns under the banners of Shah Jahan, was appointed the ruler of the dean, one of the most important regions of the Mogolian Empire. In years, among the local Indian population in various regions of the Plato Dean, strong armed Antimogol unrest took place.
Aurangzeb by the power of weapons pacified recently conquered peoples. At the same time, he relied on the help of local rulers - Raja, who saw in popular unrest the threat of his own power. In the years, the Empire of the Great Mogol fought with Persia because of the possession of Kandahar, which the Persians captured in the first year of the war. However, all three attempts by the Mogols to conquer Kandahar in the Persians, and years were unsuccessful.
The war with Persia had not yet ended, the uprisings of the Maraths began on the Dean Plateau, and Aurangzeb at the head of the large army hurried from Kandahar into his governorship. The uprisings in the dean lasted up to a year. In that year, Aurangzeb finally won Golkond and Bijapur, but the leader of the rebels of the Maraths of Shivaji remained undefeated. The severe illness of the ruler of the Empire of the Great Mogols of Shah Jahan caused a bloody war between his four sons-leaders.
The battle of Samugarch turned out to be decisive in the war for the throne for the throne. In it, the army of Shah Jahan was commanded by the chief heir to Dara. He was opposed by the troops of the rebellious princes of the Aurangzeb and Marada brothers. The gift in the battle was defeated and died, and his army scattered around the neighborhood, opening the direct path to the capital of the state of Aggra.
Only one Aurangzube managed to reign in it, since the other winner Marad was killed shortly after the battle by order of his brother. The triumphs on the occasion of the crown of Aurangzeb took place in the city of Delhi in July. The warlike aurangzub got not only the huge state of the Great Mogols, covering the vast territories of modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but also a strong army.
Before proceeding to further conquering campaigns, Aurangzeb improved the organization of his army. The new ruler of the Empire of the Great Mogols began his conquering campaigns in the east of India. In years, the huge Mogol army under the command of Aurangzeb won the Assam, an area in the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra River. In the year, he annexed the Bengal port city of Chittagong with the power of weapons with the territory adjacent to it.
In the north, he attempted to again win the Kandahar and the Balkh region. Soon after the accession to the throne, Aurangzeb began to pursue such a domestic policy that questioned the existence of the Empire of the Great Mogles. In the country, persecution and discrimination on a religious basis began, which made the life of the non -Muslim population unbearable. Hindu temples were ruined, the property of Hindu merchants was confiscated in favor of the treasury.
This caused numerous anti -Mogol armed speeches, in many cases local Raja stood at the head of them. The uprising of Rajputs in years turned out to be especially powerful. The pursuit of non-Muslims turned peaceful Sikhs into fanatical warriors who vowed not to lay out weapons until the ruler of the Muslim is overthrown. About a year of Sikhi - a sect of militant Hindus - became one of the main military -political forces in Rajutvan and Punjab.
The rebellious Rajputov was headed by the People's Leader of the Commonies, who expelled many Mughal garrisons from the cities. Aurangzebu was worth a lot of labor to cope with the rebellious Rajputs and Sikhas. In the year, Akbar spoke out against his father, the great Mogol. He joined his warriors to the rebellious Rajputs and gathered a large army. Aurangzeb at the head of the army opposed the Akbar army, inflicted a complete defeat in the battle, and the heir was forced, saving his own life, to flee to Persia.
The armed clashes between government troops and rebels lasted 26 years, until the death of Aurangzeb in the year.As a result of this war, the Mughal army lost most of the Rajput cavalry, which was the main force of the Empire of the Great Mogols. In the years, the great Mogol - Aurangzeb made several campaigns to the south of modern India. Their cause was a dangerous increase in the power of the Maraths and the victory of the rebel Shivaji.
The Mogol army ruined the Marath lands.
Потерпел поражение сын Шиваджи Самбхуджи, он попал в плен и был казнен в году. From the year, Aurangzeb constantly led the military operations of the Mughal army. The huge empire of the Great Mogols was on the verge of collapse, and it was possible to restrain this process only by military force. Rebells often broke out in the troops, local Raja rebelled against the ruler, and it was not possible to strengthen the state of the state in the conquered territories.
Only thanks to general talent, incredible personal energy and monstrous efforts of the will of Aurangzeb, until his death, the state kept the state from the collapse. The rule of the Great Mogols in the territory of India itself was an end. Aurangzeb on the sea coast appeared a new, strong opponent in the person of European trading companies, which had their own troops equipped with modern firearms.
In the struggle against the Kingdom of the Great Mugles, Europeans relied on local rebellious Raja, using the bribery and religious enmity of the local population with Muslims. On the coast of the Arabian Sea, the Portuguese were strengthened, who took possession of the cities of Goa, Daman, the coastal island of Diu. Since the year, the British East India Company has activated in Bengal.
Sir Charles Air became the governor of Bengal. Since the year, the expansion of the French East India Company intensified, which founded a new large base in the port city of Calcutta. The great Mogol Aurangzeb saw what threat to Europeans pose for his state. At the very end of his reign, he tried to knock out English merchants with their troops from the port city of Bombay, but to no avail.
Europeans, strengthened on the coast of the Indian Ocean in stone forts, repelled attempts by the Eastern troops to storm them with the help of artillery fire and firearms. After the death of Aurangzab, his son Bahadur-Shah ascended to the throne of the Mughal state. However, the throne of the great Mogol was not to be inherited by him, but by his elder brother Muazim, who at that time performed the duties of the governor in Kabul.
He with his army moved to the Mughal capital of Aggra. In the year, a large battle took place under its walls. The army of Muazim was defeated, and he himself was killed, the throne remained for Bahadur-Shah. But he could not keep the state of great Mughals from the collapse.