Dara Shikoh

Dara Shikoh MMarch 1615 August 1659 Julian9 September 1659 Gregorian was the eldest son and the heirapparent of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. His name in Persian means as magnificent as Dara. He was favoured as a successor by his father, Shah Jaha, and his elder sister, Princess Jahanara Begum, but was defeated and later killed by his younger brother, Prince Muhiuddin , in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.

Dara Shikoh was born Taragarh fort Ajmer onOctober 1615, the eldest son of Prince Shahab uddin Muhammad Khurram and his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal. When he was 12, his grandfather, Emperor Jahangir, died, and his father succeeded as emperor. Daras siblings included his elder sister Jahanara Begum and their youngers siblings Shah Shuja, Roshanara Begum, Aurangzeb, Murad Bakhsh, and Gauhara Begum. Aurangzeb became the sixth Mughal Emperor. Dara was close to his elder sister and Aurangzeb.

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