Enlightenment · South Asia · Politics
1658
Aurangzeb Takes the Mughal Throne
June 3, 1658
After defeating and executing his brothers in a brutal civil war, Aurangzeb imprisoned his father Shah Jahan in the Agra fort and crowned himself emperor under the title Alamgir, Seizer of the World. A puritanical Sunni ruler, he would expand the Mughal empire to its greatest extent and begin its long unraveling.
In context
Also in 1658 (3 other events on record)
- Oliver Cromwell Dies · Europe · Politics
- Aurangzeb's Brothers Die at Samugarh · South Asia · War
- Swedish Empire Peaks at Treaty of Roskilde · Europe · War
Before and after in South Asia
- Before: 1657: Shah Jahan Falls Ill
- After: 1659: Afzal Khan Slain by Shivaji
Before and after in Politics
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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