Mughal emperor Aurangzeb got his brother Dara Shikoh beheaded in Delhi and presented his head to their father, ... THE FINAL BATTLE TO THE PEACOCK THRONE. A battle in the 17th century, ...

The Peacock Throne was considered one of the wonders of the world and a symbol of Mughal power and glory. It was looted and destroyed by Nadir Shah in 1739, and only some fragments of it remain today.

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Persian king Nadir Shah seated upon the Peacock Throne. ... the golden throne came not so much from epic heroes but the emperor Aurangzeb around 1699-1700. The fate of regal seats, however, ...

Aurangzeb got the throne the old-fashioned way: He defeated his three brothers and threw his father in jail. Aurangzeb's annual revenue was said to have been more than 10 times that of his ...

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Aurangzeb “evoked a mixture of admiration and aversion right from the moment of his succession to the Mughal throne,” said Abhishek Kaicker, a historian of Persianate South Asia at UC Berkeley.

Either you convert to Islam, or you are beheaded – this was the policy of the most atrocious Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb. He, who came to the throne after imprisoning his father and having his ...

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Aurangzeb “evoked a mixture of admiration and aversion right from the moment of his succession to the Mughal throne,” said Abhishek Kaicker, a historian of Persianate South Asia at UC Berkeley.