Aurangzeb, the Ornament of the Throne | 1618CE - 1659CE | Al Muqaddimah

From the 1650s to the 1700s, the fate of almost everyone on the Indian subcontinent was tied with the story of a single man, Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir. He is, perhaps, the most relevant of the Mughal Emperors. He was the last of the Great Mughals and he stands among some of the most important kings of the Islamic World, a club he shares with the likes of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, Caliph Abd al-Rahman III of Cordoba, Caliph Abd al-Malik of Damascus and Delhi Sultan Muhammad ibn Tughlaq. His remarkable story is grand in its scale, containing within it, the development of many identities, political ideas and even a religion but it is also a very human story. He was relatable in some aspects, perhaps not in his achievements but in his failures. This is the story of Mughal Shahanshah Aurangzeb Alamgir.
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[@InfiniteCuriosity1210]

Damn these rulers were ruthless, I could never face my brother in a combat let alone execute him, I'd rather let him take the throne

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

I've always thought that it might be a good job to be the ruler's brother. Like, you have all the things you want, money, women, whatever and none of the blame or stress from running the empire.

[@venkatakhileshyanamadala1700]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT 😭😭😭true

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT until someone manipulates the king and you don't wake up the next day

[@InfiniteCuriosity1210]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT Exactly, I suppose 'Absolute Power' is a hell ova drug

[@Emperor-of-india-1707]

He would not only take the throne but try to get rid of you too🤣

[@MazharKathi]

Jahanara is legit daughter and sister goals

[@Ashish-yo8ci]

fr! she was the best child of Shah Jahan. I think it was she who took on some responsibilities in the administration too. and also had a great intellectual bent of mind too.

[@theperk2007]

Aurangjeb was also one of the biggest catalyst to fall of Mughal empire. Even he knew it would be completely destroyed after him.

[@haideraliibnakhlaq8823]

Yes because of incapable rulers after him

[@theperk2007]

@@haideraliibnakhlaq8823 no he had destroyed the system of tolerance his predecessors were practicing. You know why his son failed? Because he never included him in darbari politics fearing he is gonna do to him what he did to his own father. He was extremely paranoid. He made empire extremely centralized and held most of the power. He literally wrote a verse in Farsi which says until I am here everything is well after me everything is gone. He never let his son hold too much power. Never trained him in affairs. Aurangjeb single handedly destroyed his own empire.

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@theperk2007 idiot, he sent his son to deccan for fighting sambhaji maharaj, but his son was very young so he went his own, and was very old that age, after his death, his successors were enjoyed the wealthy 💰💵 life and just failed, his son was strong ruler, even his grand son was great ruler, but they both get murdered, the failure of Aurangazeb was, he was devote to Allah, and was honest, and also established Sharia which banned the Alcohol, and bad music, and He was strong, and smart, do you think he will raise bad sons, he choosed right girl for his sons as mother, he married just one, he is known as zinda peer which means *living saint* many people were waiting for his death, so they can attack mughal empire, his sons get murdered unethically without a war, they were just honest in war field like Aurangjeb, as said, " Everything is fair in love and war" Other rulers murdered his kids from the back.

[@vinaynair8053]

@@haideraliibnakhlaq8823 he himself wrote..."after me, chaos"

[@sajjad_shah24]

​​​​​ I'm late but really thank you for all that. You can only understand history in its true form when coming from a neutral perspective. Aurangzeb created religious divisions in his era so severe that they couldn't be mended. Akbar is a good example in this regard. He knew, he needed more than muslims support for his rule to last. He made good relations with the Sikhs. Which Aurangzeb destroyed. So it was not like his successors were incapable but he dug a hole so deep that mughal empire was doomed no matter who ruled after. You covered the paranoia part, pretty well. So I won't expand on that.

[@saminyasar2765]

This channel is one of the few channels that can make videos on the Mughals with this much nuance and without any modern political bias while also being high quality. Great work on the channel.

[@trajictempr8574]

Fr fr

[@xskrish]

As an Indian Hindu Bengali, I have to admit he was a fascinating character and definitely the only ruler who was outright feared throughout the entire subcontinent. If his treatment of Hindus (jiziya tax, forced conversions, destruction of temples etc etc) was a bit better I would've looked up to him the way I look upto Akbar who was somewhat secular and tried to integrate Persian and Islamic influences with Hindu, Indian culture. Aurangzeb's empire was so vast, it was his duty to ensure the people stay united and respect the throne and not hate it. The seeds of hatred sown both by him and by Hindu rulers created religious differences which eventually ended up dividing the country, creating an entire country that sought to inherit this Islamic and Persian heritage (Aurangzeb's view of India), and one which accepts that we have to coexist (Akbar's view of India). I don't know who is right here, because both India and Pakistan have a high potential for religious extremism but the fact that our minorities are still somewhat okay (no thanks to BJP) probably means Akbar's vision was right.

[@plendafuture7451]

Indian here - it wouldn't have mattered . In the sense that riots and conflicts are natural from time to time. Not just hindu muslim but even caste. Where the difference is more the conflict can be greater. It's just a part of being human. And where you don't have such issues you have issues of the left vs right, pro life vs pro choice, conservatives vs liberals , capitalism vs socialism vs communism vs fascism. The list goes on. To say that Aurangzeb sowed the seed of hatred is wrong. Hatred is in everyone of us. Hatred comes from within and not from outside. Its ones own responsibility to deal with ones issue rather than blame a man dead for over 300 years.

[@sankrantis6622]

“As directed by the word of God, we as far as it is within our power, remain busy in Jihad and owing to the kindness of the Supreme Lord, who is the promoter of our victories, we have succeeded in occupying a number of forts and towns belonging to the infidels and have established Islam there. With the help of our bloodthirsty sword we have razed the signs of infidelity from their minds and have destroyed temples in those places and also all over Hindustan.” Declaration of Jalal-ud-Din Mohammed Akbar, after the conquest of Chittor, 1568. (Fatehnama-e-Chittor)

[@ashutoshjagtap1624]

Akbar, s vision was right for administration but, akbar thinking no king is great like me, but there is an maharana pratap, who bravely fight, akbar knows he Will not win with maharana pratap, in front war..

[@spicybinga7469]

Yes especially for terrorising whole hindu population killing them murdering them

[@spicybinga7469]

I'm from jammu I support bjp fuck black bengali dogs

[@singhizhem]

I am so surprised there hasn't been a legit TV series comparable to Game of Thrones about this.

[@anirudh177]

A good one would be 1700s India, the shitshow and anarchy during the Mughal collapse would be really good for this type of scenario, and we get plenty of backstabbing with the Marathas, Nizams and Mysoreans repeatedly doing it to each other.

[@alfichowdhury6447]

The Empire is a good series

[@tryt2301]

Aurangzeb the great -Ruled with iron fiest. -Made the rebels see their doom. -Built an economy which was 27% of the whole world

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

Well that is low because during Mauryan and Gupta period it was 32%

[@craftyunicorn4291]

@@khosrowanushirwan7591 Sources.

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

@@craftyunicorn4291 see the graphs,also note it's more than the GDP of Aurengzeb's Mughal empire and is above 29.

[@craftyunicorn4291]

@@khosrowanushirwan7591 which graph ??

[@khosrowanushirwan7591]

@@craftyunicorn4291 graphs of economies of empires through history in Asia.

[@micahistory]

very interesting, I never heard of his early life at all, it's a fascinating story!

[@arsalanmirza3716]

Aurangzeb was demonized by Indian historians.

[@micahistory]

@@arsalanmirza3716 makes sense

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

Defeated 3 generations of Bhonsle Marathas, punished Englishmen, sew caps, wrote calligraphy of the Quran, issued fatawa-e-alamgiri and collected hadeeths while fasting 3 days a week and living on his own poor income. Truly Aurangzeb!

[@ic5442]

According to accepted history as opposed to what you've read & imbibed he was buried in Khuldabad in Maharashtra as opposed to his ancestors who were buried either in Delhi or Agra with the exception of Babur & Jehangir who like others in that list were either buried in their capitals - the seat of power (Kabul was one of the capitals of Babur as he'd just conquered Delhi & Lahore was the capital of the Western half of Jehangir's Empire ) . Do you know why ? It's because, he was busy waging the 27 yr old war against the Marathas in the Deccan & though he won many battles there, he lost the war & within 2 decades of his death the Marathas were in Delhi negotiating chauth for central India in what during Aurangzeb's time was part of the Mughal Empire but a territory he lost control over towards the end of his life & rule. Defeated 3 generations of Bhosales indeed while Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj had the last laugh deciding the fate of his descendants ruling over an ever shrinking Mughal Empire.

[@aatrelkizuki2704]

@@ic5442 I don't think it's aurangzebs fault that his sons were not worthy rulers. I don't get why u people blame aurangzeb for the fall of mughal empire he was the last worthy ruler and the reason he died in deccan is cause he shifted his court there so that its easier for him to fight and give orders to marathas. Simply put his sons were unworthy rulers who did not know how to rule the empire and they slowly lost to the very fierce bajirao peshwa I and that's how maratha empire came but it lasted 150 years and died.

[@aatrelkizuki2704]

I meant give orders to fight marathas***

[@Pratyush_M]

@@aatrelkizuki2704 You are quite wrong. And its erroneous to even claim that 3 generations of Bhonsales were defeated. Chhtrapati Rajaram defeated aurangzebs main army in Aurangabad on return from Jinji. After his death the Regent Queen, Maharani Tarabai was establishing her own government and collecting revenue from Aurangzebs terriotry as far north in Sironj (now in Madhya Pradesh) and in Gujrat also. Aurangzeb was very feeble in his attempts to subdue Maratha. Wrote Khafi Khan the contemporary mughal court historian of aurangzeb. Marathas rather wanted azeb to live more so that they could bleed him further. He wasnt successful in deccan in any manner whatsoever

[@mayursonawane1479]

@@aatrelkizuki2704 due to 27 years long war and absence of emperor, all north indian rebellion (Rajput, Jatt) become stronger and they weeken mughal empire. Question is why Aurangzeb march large army against Deccan ? Because he knew if he don't maratha will annexed nearly all Deccan sultanate and become stronger. their next aim will be delhi. Aurangzeb's invasion delayed Maratha invasion of northern india.

[@bhawankishore7236]

You made dara shikoh look like a good for nothing dude who depends on his father. He definitely has his good points too. He was well loved by his people and intellectuals. If he were to ascend the throne he could have kept the empire intact.

[@yasinjamal7517]

He would have done nothing, the only reason u are saying it because Aurangzeb Alamgir was a pious Muslim, and Shahjahan left the empire bankrupt due due to monumental construction, Alamgir ran that Empire for 50 plus years efficiently

[@Dani-lk3ed]

Bcoz he was ..

[@goldi8640]

dara was not a sultan material. empire would have ended if he ascended to the throne

[@dankseid3793]

@@goldi8640 as if the mughals would have continued on with aurangzeb, oh wait...

[@harishankarpm3735]

@@yasinjamal7517 And couple years after his death Delhi would fall to the Marathas,not much efficiency there if you ask me.He started the Mughal Empire's downfall. How was Dara less pious than Aurangzeb??, the man was an erudite sufi scholar. Unless sufis are considered heretics, there's no need to measure Dara's peity.

[@lerneanlion]

People said that Aurangzeb's regime was bad and that if Dara Shikoh took the throne, the Mughal Empire will fell even faster. But what about Murad and Shah Shuja? What will their regimes be like if one of them took the Peacock Throne?

[@reevanamin5865]

Shah shuja was corrupt and it's possible the British influence would have began earlier. And as for Murad, sources point to him being unfit.

[@harishankarpm3735]

How would have the empire fallen if Dara ascended the throne?? It was Aurangzeb's oppressive policies that started rebellions in the south which eventually led to the empire's fall. 50 years after Alamgir's death the only territory the Mughals had was the city of Delhi itself. Contemplate.

[@lerneanlion]

@@harishankarpm3735 I heard some historians said that Dara Shikoh being disrespectful of the military generals is what going to make them revolt and declare themselves Nawabs. Plus, his ancestor, Ulugh Beg, is also an intellectual like him and his reign lasted only just two years. While in Aurangzeb's case, he simply rewarded his generals and being too nice to them, which led to them taking advantage of his generosity in the end. As for his oppressive policies, I think the truth lied somewhere in between because while he banned some Hindu festivals and completely banned music at the Durbar, he employed so many Hindus in his court. As for whole destroying Hindu Temples, they are political moves to punish the Hindu Rajas who rebelled against his overlordship over them. But for the execution of the Ninth Sikh Guru, that might be for both religious and polticial reasons, I think. This one I really do not know.

[@harishankarpm3735]

@@lerneanlion come on, you really believe some General's mutineed cause Dara hurt their feelings??? If you read about Dara you'd know that he was a pretty chill dude. Do you think re introducing Jizya was a political move against Hindu Raja's as well?? Aurangzeb was a tyrannical bigot, he's was too busy releasing fatwas to know that harassing Hindus won't make his Empire last forever, why do you think those Rajas rebelled in the first place?? There was nothing political about Guru Teg Bahadur's murder, the Sikhs were popular but was a fringe minority at the time, the Sikh Gurus were looked upon and venerated by Hindus of the land, when Hindus of Kashmir were getting brutalised by Mughal governors many of them fled and came to the Guru, The Guru pleaded with Alamgir to end the persecution of Hindus, instead he was framed as an insurrectionist,a traitor of the Mughal Empire and whatnot and was executed publicly. Wanna know what that led to eventually?..........the formation of the Khalsa which would eventually lead to the formation of the Sikh Empire. Congrats the Shahenshah Alamgir Aurangzeb personally saw to formation of two great empires the Indian Sub continent has ever seen.

[@lerneanlion]

@@harishankarpm3735 I used to be like you. But then, I remembered that no man is perfect. And while it is true that I dislike Aurangzeb as much as you do, what I read about Dara Shikoh as a military commander is one of the many factors that are going to make his generals rebelled. Being insulted is one thing. But to impose the no-more-expansion policy and seeing him as a weak-minded intellectual who only like to hang out with the scholars are another matters. With these three factors combined, they can do something like seizing the Deccan, Bengal and Awadh without much resistance from the government. To be exact, I am just as much as confused as you are because some said that Dara Shikoh's reign will be great but some others said his reign will make things worse for India. So I guess I can say that while he is a great ruler when it comes to being a cultural and scholarly intellectual, he is definitely not a capable military commander. So in the end, it is depending on what can he do to keep the military loyal to him and his son, Suleiman.

[@fairoozhossain5522]

We obviously need a part 2 about Aurangzeb. Great work! BTW.

[@fairoozhossain5522]

@Shivaditya Varman Who gives a fuck about hindus and their temples ?? :)

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@Shivaditya Varman He didn't not destroyed temples bro, you will cry if you read about him, he was such a great emperor, about hindu conversion, if he wanted to, then he will never send a hindu king to fight with Shivaji in the deccan, he were not builded the Kamakhya devi temple of hindus, The hate on him is spraded by Europeans, as after his death they were able to conquer India, he lived in agra, if he wanted to destroy temples, Mathura is near agra, agra and mathura share same boundaries, why he didn't destroyed Krishna mandir, instead given gold to build it more Prosperous, in the same way, Akbar sent a thali of gold to veshno mata mandir, in past making a building was very hard and costly, so if you broke a building, it's like breaking the backbone of a kingdom, because kingdoms used buildings as a saviour way was well as attacking the other army, so you have to destroy buildings in the regions of your enemy.

[@ftst4756]

@@satyendrsingh6071 😆😆 Who cares about Hindus ?? Go find out if you are a sudro or obc

[@manavshah8335]

@@satyendrsingh6071 This is not true unfortunately. the reason he did not break temples in popular places like mathura was because he knew this would be too intolerant and the hindus in his empire would revolt. he did give an order to destroy the jagannath puri temple in orissha, but fortunately the local mughal leaders were bribed and the temple was saved. he was and will remain a barbaric islamic tyrant my freinds, a hundred sourses point that way, the ahoms, marathas, rajputs, sikhs. wake up, and see what islam and the mughals have done to the beuatiful land of bharath and the world, wake up my freind, i beg you

[@heythere7222]

wake and leave idols@@manavshah8335

[@furqanshariff]

This is one of the finest channels to cover these topics

[@CCCP_Again]

Truly a Certified Mvp in the list of Historical Emperors. Even though I disagree with his policies about religion, I agree with the statement that "He was one of THE BEST emperors in history".

[@CCCP_Again]

@BUTTER lol.

[@salb7815]

@BUTTER He imprisoned Shivaji the Maratha king and was kind enough not to execute him while he was his helpless prisoner, thank him, Shivaji had to escape, you know what happened to Sambhaji, Aurangzeb was ruling an Empire from borders of Iran controlled Afghanistan also the Pakistan area and India, it was one of the most powerful Empire's in the world, stop writing fake stuff, it's like Nepal can defeat China, lol

[@salb7815]

@BUTTER Worst from your angle not the Muslims around the world who out number Hindus, the video was about his achievements not his moral standards, Ashoka killed more people in the Battle of Kalinga, Aurangzeb's record would be a walk in the park compared to that, yet your Indian national symbol is Ashok chakra, some judgement level you guys have, lol

[@PK-tt5kk]

@@salb7815 why worst from Hindus angle & not Muslims ? why the different angle ?

[@ameyavarma3411]

@@salb7815 and yet that happened.

[@jacobblack2381]

If only u would make a series like this for the Delhi sultanate!

[@kingswagger571]

Qur'an 2:191-Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them. Qur'an 3:28 Muslims must not take the infidels as friends. Qur'an 3:85- Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable. Qur'an 8:12 Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures Qur'an 8:60- Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels. Qur'an 8:65- The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them. Qur'an 9:5 When opportunity arises, kill the infidelswherever you catch them. Qur'an 9:123- Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood. Qur'an 22:19 Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies. Qur'an 47:4- Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them.

[@Aliha1d3r]

With the current situation in india, every mughal emperor would be shown as a savage, history would be distorted and mughals would lose every battle to hindus tho netflix india can do a little justice to them, i'd still wish for netflix US to take this but then they'd make emperors gay and black for representation.

[@jacobblack2381]

@@Aliha1d3r 🤣 lmao good point nd pakistani nd bengal media is drowning in soap operas😅😅they're dying their hair wearing sunglasses being all stylish n shxt none of them give a f*ck bout their great ancestors none!!!!!

[@hishamtarsoo5233]

@@Aliha1d3r 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@salb7815]

@@Aliha1d3r Lol, Even if they distort it which they are to hide their defeats, who is gonna believe their history even they know in their conscience it is rubbish, but may not admit it, anyways most countries have well preserved history of India written by some of the most renowned historians, such books are available in many libraries and data bases across the world, when compared they will appear like jokers , 200 plus countries have a different history about you which matches each other exactly but the one in India won't, it's pathetic.

[@neelam7850]

I'm from India, my subject is history in graduation..your videos are helping me a lot for competitive exams and to understand the history in such a nice manner!!!

[@Literarydilettante]

This is an incredible series. Awesome work, man! Please do the lesser Mughals as well.

[@usamatoor2184]

It is not "Ya Takht, ya Takhta" - Either the throne or throne, it is "Ya Takht, ya taboot" - Either the throne or Coffin. 12:30

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

There's multiple variations of a saying. www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-takht-yaa-takhta

[@Birkullanci]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT ya takh, ya taboot ,is more reliable ig since this is the phrase we've been hearing from previous generations and makes more sense in context

[@navnitsingh7499]

It's "Ya Takht Ya Takhta" only,but the Takhta here doesn't mean Coffin,but the wooden structure where people are hanged. So basically the saying meant,'Either the throne or you will be hanged'.

[@draculemihawk4269]

@@navnitsingh7499 dewane takht wo hota jispe hum baith te ya sote hai

[@haideraliibnakhlaq8823]

@@navnitsingh7499 ya takht ya taboot was a more common saying

[@mapk1516]

Hey man, love your videos! Its always great to learn of how Islam spread to different areas of the world. I especially love your videos pertaining to South Asia, particularly your Indian War of Independence video, because it showed a lot about Hindu-Muslim alliance against imperialists. Could you perhaps one day do a video on the issue of Hindu-Muslim relations in the subcontinent, particularly to the ideological conflict between the supporters of the two-nation theory and composite nationalists? I find this to be a fascinating subject, simply because of the intellectuals on both sides of the argument. You had people like Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Iqbal, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah who supported a separate Muslim state, but you also had scholars like Barkatullah Bhopali, Ubaidullah Sindhi, Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi and Hussain Ahmed Madani who made compelling arguments in favor of Hindu-Muslim unity. Hope you are doing and feeling well and wishing you all the best!

[@sadman1005]

Great work! Want the 2nd part...!

[@jasleenkaur8036]

May he rot in Hell for Eternity, Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ka Fateh

[@masood7976]

Wahe guru da salsa

[@sankrantis6622]

Akhbarat i Darbar i Mualla , the chronicles of the Mughal imperial court, thus record temple destructions as ordered by the pre-eminent bigot Aurangzib. A few selected examples: 25 May 1679: ‘Khan-i-Jahan Bahadur returned from Jodhpur after demolishing its temples, and bringing with himself several cart-loads of idols. The Emperor ordered that the idols, which were mostly of gold, silver, brass, copper or stone and adorned with jewels, should be cast in the quadrangle of the Court and under the steps of the Jama Mosque for being trodden upon.’ January-February 1680: ‘The grand temple in front of the Maharana’s mansion (at Udaipur) - one of the wonderful buildings of the age, which had cost the infidels much money - was destroyed and its images broken.’ ‘On 24 January the Emperor went to view the lake Udaisagar and ordered all the three temples on its banks to be pulled down.’ ‘On 29 January Hasan Ali Khan reported that 172 other temples in the environs of Udaipur had been demolished.’ ‘On 22 February the Emperor went to look at Chitor, and by his order the 63 temples of the place were destroyed.’ 10 August 1680: ‘Abu Turab returned to Court and reported that he had pulled down 66 temples in Amber’. 2 August 1680: ‘Temple of Someshwar in western Mewar ordered to be destroyed.’ September 1687: ‘On the capture of Golkonda, the Emperor appointed Abdur Rahim Khan as Censor of the city of Haidarabad with orders to put down infidel practices and (heretical) innovations and destroy the temples and build mosques on their sites.’ Circa 1690: Instances of Aurangzeb’s temple destruction at Ellora, Trimbaakeshwar, Narsinghpur (foiled by snakes, scorpions and other poisonous insects), Pandharpur, Jejuri (foiled by the deity) and Yavat (Bhuleshwar) are given by K.N. Sane in Varshik Iribritta for Shaka 1838, pp. 133-135. 1693: ‘The Emperor ordered the destruction of the Hateshwar temple at Vadnagar, the special guardian of the Nagar Brahmans.’ 3rd April 1694: ‘The Emperor learnt from a secret news-writer of Delhi that in Jaisinghpura Bairagis used to worship idols, and that the Censor on hearing of it had gone there, arrested Sri Krishna Bairagi and taken him with 15 idols away to his house; then the Rajputs had assembled, flocked to the Censor’s house, wounded three footmen of the Censor and tried to seize the Censor himself; so that the latter set the Bairagi free and sent the copper idols to the local subahdar.’ Middle of 1698: ‘Hamid-ud-din Khan Bahadur who had been deputed to destroy the temple of Bijapur and build a mosque (there), returned to Court after carrying the order out and was praised by the Emperor.’ ‘The demolition of a temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place.’ - Aurangzeb to Zullfiqar Khan and Mughal Khan. ‘The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Government in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power (i.e., time) to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector (darogha) who may afterwards destroy them at leisure and dig up their foundations.’ - Aurangzeb to Ruhullah Khan in Kalimat-i-Aurangzib. 1 January 1705: ‘The Emperor, summoning Muhammad Khalil and Khidmat Rai, the darogha of hatchet-men…., ordered them to demolish the temple of Pandharpur, and to take the butchers of the camp there and slaughter cows in the temple…. It was done.’

[@rhythmmandal3377]

"Price of the worlds richest empire but still a simp" gotta say that was a good one.

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Who's "you guys"?

[@user-wm5bv6hb2x]

@@hinduismexposed2093 Bro chill out I'm a conservative Muslim and not a "liberal" one too but that was really a joke nothing more, Aurangzeb isn't from the salaf he has his flaws.

[@sakshamsethi413]

@@hinduismexposed2093 your hate will destroy you may ishwar give you some knowledge

[@sakshamsethi413]

@@hinduismexposed2093 while you adore a simp

[@Azhar_shaikh1]

@@user-wm5bv6hb2x your father or grandfather isn't from the salaf either, and as a human has a flaws How would you like if someone called him a simp? Respect a Quran Hafiz. Not for the person, but because what's in his heart.

[@bobvancevancerefrigeration2056]

Buckle up. This video is gonna be your Koh-i-noor. It will bring you the most views in the least amount of time. Great Job man

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

What line of work are you in, Bob?

[@muhammadtaha1313]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT hes Bob thee Builder, so a construction worker

[@bobvancevancerefrigeration2056]

@@AlMuqaddimahYTBob Vance, Vance Refrigeration

[@rimurutempest6576]

@@bobvancevancerefrigeration2056 u could have replied as " bob Vance Vance refrigeration" but anyways

[@bobvancevancerefrigeration2056]

@@rimurutempest6576 shiiiiiit. edited my answer

[@AudaciousMan]

Bro, i love the way you add in humorous remarks. Makes the video more fun to listen to 😄

[@zakarial-hajmoustafa5393]

If the Mughal state and the Ottoman Empire cooperated to overthrow the Safavid state, what do you think, would this succeed and defeat the Safavid Empire or not because it was There is hostility between the Ottomans and the Mughal

[@craftyunicorn4291]

A commited alliance and united invasion by Mughals and Ottomans would have destroyed Safavids for once and always.

[@draculemihawk4269]

@@craftyunicorn4291 safavids are shias too . That's the main reason and territorial disputes between them was also a major cause since both mughals and ottomans were sunni following the hanafi fiqh

[@craftyunicorn4291]

@@draculemihawk4269 Well Shia-Sunni drift was one of a reason for Safavid-Ottoman rivalry but it wasn't a reason for Safavid-Mughal one, it started with competing to gain Qandahar and was confined to Qandahar. Humayun even got refuge in court of Tahmasp when Sher Shah outsed him from India, so the rivalry was mainly about Qandahar.

[@draculemihawk4269]

@@craftyunicorn4291 ya .and he even requested him to became a shite or shia . Also gave him his daughter that's the reason . In the case of aurangzeb it's different . It's would be nice if mughals ruled over Persia.

[@craftyunicorn4291]

@@draculemihawk4269 Mughals would have loved to rule over Persia they were Persophiles.

[@Muffinman31]

Aurangzeb has to be the most interesting mughal emperor

[@Danthebestman]

Ever heard of Akbar?

[@jhonsanalbertbentinck4091]

wow, what a video , am jhonsan from france, born in India. And this is one of he exhaustive realistic history book ( video) i've ever come across. The voice is of a 20 years old, so right and perfect, the timing is great and so many things to learn about one of my favorite emperors, my mother land had ever had. Cheers and blessings. Go great son.

[@hannahmohiddin7486]

Also, the Indian map, Nina put in south to goa. It’s in karnataka region. Is this a different bijapur? Or the one which Adhil shah ruled?

[@jistom5503]

One point is skipped in this video. After killing Dara, Auragazeb presented Dara's head to their father Shajahan.. Auragazeb was the cruelest of all Mughals and religious fanatic whose actions like destroying temples has made deep mark in India's religious harmony..

[@Zoroxluffy1001]

Lol

[@xS146roar]

Lol.. you are a lindu 😅 Aurangzeb wes grate.. may Allah bless him

[@yourmoneymakermate]

​​@@xS146roar not talking religiously, but where humanity peeks in , aurangzeb was / is / will be counted as cruelest! Kings are loved for a reason. And none support Aurangzeb's rule. You can't change the sayings and what scholars have already wrote.

[@SK-xp9xi]

That's a very good lie Mr Pindu

[@sareeb7078]

Source ???? You ain't got shit on him That was the story the mughal Court spread in order for the people to perceive him as an orthodox ruler

[@yavuz3951]

A video on sultan Suleiman the lawgiver is must!

[@ACreative_name]

hey can i ask where do you get these maps from?

[@hishamtarsoo5233]

This needs a part 2👍🏼

[@anirudh177]

It will get a part two obviously, this video is until 1659, his life before becoming emperor, Al Muqaddimah will continue making until 1707.

[@hishamtarsoo5233]

@@anirudh177 الحمد اللہ

[@buzztube1738]

@@hishamtarsoo5233 Mulla

[@sonusaini786]

Awesome, let also talk about the temples he demolished. where can I find that information

[@sankrantis6622]

_Akhbarat i Darbar i Mualla_ , the chronicles of the Mughal imperial court, thus record temple destructions as ordered by the pre-eminent bigot Aurangzib. A few selected examples: 25 May 1679: ‘Khan-i-Jahan Bahadur returned from Jodhpur after demolishing its temples, and bringing with himself several cart-loads of idols. The Emperor ordered that the idols, which were mostly of gold, silver, brass, copper or stone and adorned with jewels, should be cast in the quadrangle of the Court and under the steps of the Jama Mosque for being trodden upon.’ January-February 1680: ‘The grand temple in front of the Maharana’s mansion (at Udaipur) - one of the wonderful buildings of the age, which had cost the infidels much money - was destroyed and its images broken.’ ‘On 24 January the Emperor went to view the lake Udaisagar and ordered all the three temples on its banks to be pulled down.’ ‘On 29 January Hasan Ali Khan reported that 172 other temples in the environs of Udaipur had been demolished.’ ‘On 22 February the Emperor went to look at Chitor, and by his order the 63 temples of the place were destroyed.’ 10 August 1680: ‘Abu Turab returned to Court and reported that he had pulled down 66 temples in Amber’. 2 August 1680: ‘Temple of Someshwar in western Mewar ordered to be destroyed.’ September 1687: ‘On the capture of Golkonda, the Emperor appointed Abdur Rahim Khan as Censor of the city of Haidarabad with orders to put down infidel practices and (heretical) innovations and destroy the temples and build mosques on their sites.’ Circa 1690: Instances of Aurangzeb’s temple destruction at Ellora, Trimbaakeshwar, Narsinghpur (foiled by snakes, scorpions and other poisonous insects), Pandharpur, Jejuri (foiled by the deity) and Yavat (Bhuleshwar) are given by K.N. Sane in Varshik Iribritta for Shaka 1838, pp. 133-135. 1693: ‘The Emperor ordered the destruction of the Hateshwar temple at Vadnagar, the special guardian of the Nagar Brahmans.’ 3rd April 1694: ‘The Emperor learnt from a secret news-writer of Delhi that in Jaisinghpura Bairagis used to worship idols, and that the Censor on hearing of it had gone there, arrested Sri Krishna Bairagi and taken him with 15 idols away to his house; then the Rajputs had assembled, flocked to the Censor’s house, wounded three footmen of the Censor and tried to seize the Censor himself; so that the latter set the Bairagi free and sent the copper idols to the local subahdar.’ Middle of 1698: ‘Hamid-ud-din Khan Bahadur who had been deputed to destroy the temple of Bijapur and build a mosque (there), returned to Court after carrying the order out and was praised by the Emperor.’ ‘The demolition of a temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place.’ - Aurangzeb to Zullfiqar Khan and Mughal Khan. ‘The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Government in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power (i.e., time) to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector (darogha) who may afterwards destroy them at leisure and dig up their foundations.’ - Aurangzeb to Ruhullah Khan in Kalimat-i-Aurangzib. 1 January 1705: ‘The Emperor, summoning Muhammad Khalil and Khidmat Rai, the darogha of hatchet-men…., ordered them to demolish the temple of Pandharpur, and to take the butchers of the camp there and slaughter cows in the temple…. It was done.’

[@sonusaini786]

@@sankrantis6622 Thanks man

[@Daughterofminerva]

Hi . I am not Indian ,but I understand that Aurangzeb is a complicated issue in India ,since Hindu think that he was a bigot temple- destroyer. But the channel has spoken about temple destruction in the second video on Aurangzeb .

[@mohammedfahadquadri1732]

9:59 "see i told you, Aurangzeb was relatable" 😂 good one

[@md.ashiqurrahmannabil1789]

Any chances of you making episodes on different Safavid Shahs, Nizam ul Mulk, the independent Nawabs of Bengal, Awadh and other states ?

[@mohammedsiddiqi9453]

If you read the book "Ayena e Aurangzeb" by Hakim Zille ur Rahman, (its in urdu), you will have proper understanding of Aurangzeb. Its not that you said anything wrong, its that you have failed to mention certain important items. Like Aurangzeb offered to divide the Empire equally between all four brothers and they do not fight, but Dara refused the offer. Dara was executed for apostacy. In any case it was Dara who had started the fight. Murad Baksh was found guilty of Murder and executed. Shuja ran away to Assam after defeat and was never heard of again. Next, he treated his father Shahjahan with utmost kindness and respect, Shahjahan lived out his days in great luxury in Agra fort, surrounded with friends, relatives, concubines, parties, music etc The only restriction was he cannot leave the fort. With Shuja missing, Aurangzeb had no choice. Agra fort-palace is a place of great luxury and was built on 100 acres with great views. Lastly, Aurangzeb treated the families of his deceased brothers with utmost kindness many of their sons and daughters were married to Aurangzeb's own children's. They were appointed to high positions. But the only thing they talk about is Aurangzeb killed his brothers and imprisoned his father.

[@IswearIwasBatman]

During his reign Mughal Empire was at its pinnacle with the highest GDP and greatest extent among other things

[@HamzaShafiq629]

I have been waiting for Aurangzeb Alamigr's episode. I love your channal.

[@sameerahmad-lu1gn]

What????? Where is the 2nd part?? Is the 2nd part coming??

[@samkataz]

Can you do ( if you want to ) a video about the crimean khanate?

[@madhukarg8052]

Alamgir, the title that chills down the spine

[@stormshadow5283]

And who got buttf u g g e d magnificently 🤣

[@binurajs]

The bigot

[@Raut-warrior]

@@binurajs the terrorist

[@theogsa5371]

@@binurajs idk man

[@dankseid3793]

That's the name of the local puncturewala near me.

[@beanbeaner7263]

As a half-sikh, this vid deffo changed my view on him. In our culture we are thought to hate him as he and all of his predecessors destroyed us Sikhs.

[@satyakighosh2896]

Don't believe the distorians history can be manipulated but human suffering can't people have tried to paint these animals good for a long time this is one such endeavor.

[@anirudh177]

wtf is a half-Sikh? Sikhism is a religion, not an ethnicity.

[@anirudh177]

Its up to you how to view him, but his reign contributed to the decline of Mughals imo.

[@randomturd1415]

In what way did the vid change your opinion btw?

[@kviolin1313]

Then th3 sikhs destroyed mughals too

[@anirudh177]

What sources are you using btw?

[@draculemihawk4269]

Wikipedia

[@silveryuno]

Ok... This has nothing to do with your great video, but at this point I must ask... Have you been, or anyone in this comment section, been getting A LOT of "build a Masjid" ads over the past month? It's just that it has been almost none stop for me... This video right now too has an add like that!

[@billyb6001]

You have really made a channel of yourself. Good job sir. I remember when your first video came out.

[@mohamedismail6273]

First king to rule a subcontinent that they now call a nation 😶

[@rolandfrancis7066]

He never ruled the entire subcontinent . The South was never fully submitted.

[@user-mc8wg6qq3b]

Guess who were Mauryans

[@dankseid3793]

First Emperor was Maharaj Bharat, even muhammadans call India after his name.

[@gaurangtiwari1563]

Mauryan empire laughing

[@nisachar6881]

Aadha padh ke aatey hai

[@ahmadganteng7435]

So, this video is the first part of a series? Look forward for the next

[@ballerspakistan]

Imagine not allowing your best general to recover a city but then sending another of your son, who's fucked up every other chance.

[@misbahuddin5183]

Thank you for making video on my one of the favourite king 😭, this video is soo nicee ,❤️

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@Vedic_Kshatriya why??

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@Vedic_Kshatriya Yes 🤨

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@Vedic_Kshatriya Come on yrr, just explain instead of making fairy tale.

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@Vedic_Kshatriya Who told you, he was cruel, you are a Muslim yet abusing him, all are stories, don't go for them, know the truth and be happy.

[@satyendrsingh6071]

@@Vedic_Kshatriya he killed a person now if somebody call that person as guru, it's not his fault.

[@historyofmarathas4777]

Nice episode you have created on Aurangzeb. You covered his story upto year 1659. Second half of his life till he died in year 1707 should also be covered, where he confronted with Maratha confederacy and Mughal-Maratha war of 27 years, the war which Aurangzeb lost to Marathas.

[@shivanshrathi2394]

Jai bhavani 🙏🙏

[@lobhasg]

Jay Shivray

[@amateurfanatic4131]

😁Aurangzeb lost? Where it is written that he lost? Tell me source

[@deveshtiwari906]

@@amateurfanatic4131 Just google Mughal-Maratha wars and see for yourself..and get out of your own echo chamber 😁

[@amateurfanatic4131]

@@deveshtiwari906 bcoz of aurangzebs death the war was over, he was the strongest mughal emperor, see the the maratha mughal battles one by one, read carefully Mughals failed to completely annex Maratha state, it's still a victory bcoz whole north india and deccan was under his control till his death, both shivaji and sambhaji got innhilated by Aurangzeb, he defeated the strongest marathas and marathas defeated weakest mughals, Sambhaji's execution wasn't enough for the marathas to lose? While alamgir was alive marathas never slept peacefully, maybe it's time for you to come out of the shit hole! Marathas also failed to completely annex the mughals, Maratha empair ended on 1818, while mughal empair ended on 1857 and led the rebellion against mughals, unlike marathas who sold their souls to britishers

[@syedamerali6236]

My request as a fan of this channel is pls post thr name of the books in comment section

[@sayieed7729]

8:23 why is subtitles not as same as narrator?

[@indonorsk8394]

Well my dad is Hindu and mom is Protestant, I love and practice both. And just looking at the first few comments i'm reluctant to scroll any further. Good work by Al Muqaddimah but your audience is gross.

[@anirudh177]

So you're a syncreticist?

[@anirudh177]

Well uh, most of Indian history is heavily politicized in religious, ethnic, linguistic and caste grounds, no time period or era escapes from this sadly. So expect to see people doing this under Indian history vids.

[@JasonMomos]

Religions are stupidly static and their followers are even more stupid and living in the past.

[@indonorsk8394]

@@hinduismexposed2093 exactly my reaction looking at you

[@masood7976]

Hindus are seething in the comment section.

[@sultanqalawunkalavun6753]

Mughals I can really say that it is a great video without watching the leading names of Islamic-Turkish states :) Also, please come with Turkish subtitles, I hope you see this comment.

[@sankrantis6622]

Akhbarat i Darbar i Mualla , the chronicles of the Mughal imperial court, thus record temple destructions as ordered by the pre-eminent bigot Aurangzib. A few selected examples: 25 May 1679: ‘Khan-i-Jahan Bahadur returned from Jodhpur after demolishing its temples, and bringing with himself several cart-loads of idols. The Emperor ordered that the idols, which were mostly of gold, silver, brass, copper or stone and adorned with jewels, should be cast in the quadrangle of the Court and under the steps of the Jama Mosque for being trodden upon.’ January-February 1680: ‘The grand temple in front of the Maharana’s mansion (at Udaipur) - one of the wonderful buildings of the age, which had cost the infidels much money - was destroyed and its images broken.’ ‘On 24 January the Emperor went to view the lake Udaisagar and ordered all the three temples on its banks to be pulled down.’ ‘On 29 January Hasan Ali Khan reported that 172 other temples in the environs of Udaipur had been demolished.’ ‘On 22 February the Emperor went to look at Chitor, and by his order the 63 temples of the place were destroyed.’ 10 August 1680: ‘Abu Turab returned to Court and reported that he had pulled down 66 temples in Amber’. 2 August 1680: ‘Temple of Someshwar in western Mewar ordered to be destroyed.’ September 1687: ‘On the capture of Golkonda, the Emperor appointed Abdur Rahim Khan as Censor of the city of Haidarabad with orders to put down infidel practices and (heretical) innovations and destroy the temples and build mosques on their sites.’ Circa 1690: Instances of Aurangzeb’s temple destruction at Ellora, Trimbaakeshwar, Narsinghpur (foiled by snakes, scorpions and other poisonous insects), Pandharpur, Jejuri (foiled by the deity) and Yavat (Bhuleshwar) are given by K.N. Sane in Varshik Iribritta for Shaka 1838, pp. 133-135. 1693: ‘The Emperor ordered the destruction of the Hateshwar temple at Vadnagar, the special guardian of the Nagar Brahmans.’ 3rd April 1694: ‘The Emperor learnt from a secret news-writer of Delhi that in Jaisinghpura Bairagis used to worship idols, and that the Censor on hearing of it had gone there, arrested Sri Krishna Bairagi and taken him with 15 idols away to his house; then the Rajputs had assembled, flocked to the Censor’s house, wounded three footmen of the Censor and tried to seize the Censor himself; so that the latter set the Bairagi free and sent the copper idols to the local subahdar.’ Middle of 1698: ‘Hamid-ud-din Khan Bahadur who had been deputed to destroy the temple of Bijapur and build a mosque (there), returned to Court after carrying the order out and was praised by the Emperor.’ ‘The demolition of a temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place.’ - Aurangzeb to Zullfiqar Khan and Mughal Khan. ‘The houses of this country (Maharashtra) are exceedingly strong and built solely of stone and iron. The hatchet-men of the Government in the course of my marching do not get sufficient strength and power (i.e., time) to destroy and raze the temples of the infidels that meet the eye on the way. You should appoint an orthodox inspector (darogha) who may afterwards destroy them at leisure and dig up their foundations.’ - Aurangzeb to Ruhullah Khan in Kalimat-i-Aurangzib. 1 January 1705: ‘The Emperor, summoning Muhammad Khalil and Khidmat Rai, the darogha of hatchet-men…., ordered them to demolish the temple of Pandharpur, and to take the butchers of the camp there and slaughter cows in the temple…. It was done.’

[@mrittikmukherjee9324]

Fantastic! Could you please do a video on Murshid Quli Khan and Nawabs in Bengal?

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Is this a part one?

[@gopalfand3793]

Wait till Shivaji Maharaj comes in picture

[@mrdon691]

Shivaji the Terrorist?

[@haideraliibnakhlaq8823]

The mountain rat that cried like a baby at padishah aurangzebs darbar 🤣🤣🤣

[@kvinda1]

Aurangzeb was a religious fanatic. Not only did he persecuted hindus and Sikhs but other muslim sects of shia Islam . He captured and massacared Dawoodi bohra's who are Shia muslims and reside majoritely in gujrat and Maharashtra state of India .He massacared bohra's and killed their religious head Dai Qutubuddin shaheed in ahmedabad. All bohra's visit this place which they refer as chotti or small karbala

[@adamnesico]

And this is why when muslim preachers say that all muslim are brothers, i think: yes, turkish brothers.

[@PraneySharma-hd5rs]

Of what use is his enormous power when he couldn't treat his subjects equally? He even jailed his dad....

[@haideraliibnakhlaq8823]

What? You do know Hindus reached 30% of mansadars under his rule the highest ever under mughal rule

[@anirudh177]

The comments on this are gonna be wild once the views increase 😏😏😏

[@masood7976]

Mostly hindus seething

[@tdhanasekaran3536]

Fort St. George in Chennai was built by the British in the year 1640 AD during the young Aurangazeb's campaign in the south and well before the construction of Taj Mahal was completed (lot of precious stones embedded in the walls were scraped off during the British rule later). This means the British has established well themselves even during Shah Jehan, Aurangazeb's rule (the color scheme shows all the way down south upto the borders of river cauvery).

[@khanofkhaganas803]

The British were really just restricted to a few ports and my understanding is that fort was nominally under The Nayaks of the Region . The Nayaks ( gingee nayaks ) would be conquered by Afzal Khan of Bijapur in 1649 , coming under nominal Mughal Authority. The Main European presence in the region were the Portuguese holding Goa and the Dutch having various allies in Kerala and controlling the Ceylonese Coast. There were also a number forts in Bengal as well , the Mughals never forced them out since they generated a large amount of money .

[@catanana]

@@khanofkhaganas803 do you know those ports gave them access to take over the subcontinent because of far superior navy they had, these ports like Surat Bombay Chennai Kolkata were economic hubs of India, and still are to this date.

[@sasi5841]

​@@catanana he forts in Bengal belonged to kingdom of france not the British

[@sayieed7729]

10:56 the spelling of Golkonda is wrong in subtitles

[@a_a_a_a_a_a-a]

Very nicely explained congrats from another history lover

[@shanksjoyboy893]

He was a warrior if nothing else .... ❤️

[@ABD-hw5ff]

He is cowards no 1 of all time

[@af8828]

prof. adnan rashid has some great lectures on aurangzeb and the mughal empire available for free on youtube

[@tauqeeraly3799]

Mohuddin Aurangzeb Alamgir is my favourite Mughal emperor, may his soul rest in peace..

[@freedomfighter695]

Best history channel ever...

[@mysteriousdude280]

Did I hear it correctly, Aurangzeb son married Aurangzeb niece(the daughter of his own brother)?

[@techknowsimply]

What are you trying to say ?

[@mysteriousdude280]

@@techknowsimply isn't that incest and forbidden by abrahamic religions?

[@techknowsimply]

@@mysteriousdude280 It is not forbidden in Islamic Law. Cousin marriage is allowed in Islam.

[@mysteriousdude280]

@@techknowsimply I thought it was a cousin on mother's side not paternal side. Family reunions must be very interesting there

[@stoicstone521]

Gross

[@sourovgangguli7235]

Creat a video about Bengal Sultanate

[@Azhaan-iu5ow]

Dara Sikoh was a massive intellectual and Scholar

[@rohittantia4020]

You read Jadunath Sarkar's Aurangzeb!?

[@soggycroissant5185]

Opinion on croissants?

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Love them! Not soggy, tho.

[@alokjadhav6621]

Sivaji maharaja ki jay ! Proud to be maratha 💫

[@wanderingnomad1]

@@mohdrehan7697and the mughals invited Abdali into India.

[@manavshah8335]

@@mohdrehan7697 the marathas helped british to defeat one of the most brutal and cruel islamic tyrant india has ever seen, the madman and medival 1S1S terrorist, tipu sultan of mysore

[@mohdrehan7697]

@@manavshah8335 oh. You busterd son off Godsay and Britishers

[@vishwaspokharkar4860]

@@mohdrehan7697 Abe mf India me to aa

[@vinaynair8053]

@@mohdrehan7697 you illegitimate son of swine

[@pathofseekingknowledge9813]

Please do videos on rulers of south india , like moors in Kerala ,tippu sultan , moplahs , bearyis etc .. there are many

[@photowala6405]

I appreciate your effort in making this video. But I think you have been biased in many parts of the video. It would be really great of you could provide the sources of your research.

[@part-timebrock1126]

Oh Yea, here comes the video about the Richest Man of His Era. Ruled Mughals for 49 years.

[@dharmapersona2084]

Evil Man of His Era

[@part-timebrock1126]

@@dharmapersona2084 dosen't matter. He was still the MAN of his Era so you can keep crying about his so called evil doings but fact is fact

[@Ajitchudasama]

Worst & Worthless Islamist. Rotting in Hell

[@sineparadox98]

A true and a just ruler. Also Aurangzeb was noted for his religious piety; he memorized the entire Quran studied hadiths and stringently observed the rituals of Islam, and "transcribe[d] copies of the Quran." He also patronized works of Islamic and Arabic Calligraphy.

[@user-xm8lc1om6w]

@@sineparadox98 He also made a false oath on the Quran that he wouldn’t break the treaty with Guru Gobind Singh. Gonna talk about that?

[@max2008abhi]

For a man whose barbarism and foolishness destroyed the empire from within, the man has a remarkably austere reputation.

[@dharmapersona2084]

He was a Radical.

[@max2008abhi]

@@hinduismexposed2093 shivaji is a man who saved 200 million hindus from being slaughtered by the muslims. Aurangzeb is a mass murderer responsible for the deaths of thousands of non muslims in india. That guy doesn't even deserve to be called a human being.

[@anirudh177]

@@hinduismexposed2093 not really, Aurangzeb was the last capable monarch of the dynasty.

[@ishanbajpai6940]

@@hinduismexposed2093 Dude atleast be subtle with that profile photo, I mean who are you trying to play here buddy 😂

[@part-timebrock1126]

He ruled it for 49 years. What destroyed his empire is not him, but the incompetent Rulers who came after him. Just like the Mighty Ashoka

[@mdsaifuddinahmed2199]

Can u make a video on sultan hamid han 2 ?

[@zonayedamanah9584]

Thanks!

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Thank you!

[@HlkBrilliantshps]

6:52 how can we win against such a man.

[@sultanqalawunkalavun6753]

Safavids are not Persian empire, Azerbaijan has great importance for Turkish history, definitely not a Persian state. Turkish history is not a Persian-iranian history.

[@middleeastrenwarriormen1017]

Safavid Azeri

[@haroonbayburs8486]

What an amazing voice of Speaking...

[@kuroazrem5376]

Wait, which Islamic text says that the eldest child has presedence over the younger ones? Also, thank God I'm an only child.

[@draculemihawk4269]

Make a video on imam Abu ghazali

[@hassaanalisiddiqui3827]

if there wasn't infighting between Aurangzeb and his brothers the empire could've expanded more

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

If there was infighting among Aurangzeb's sons, the empire could've taken longer to decline.

[@sulemanhaider1305]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT please explain.

[@mdsabahuddin8251]

@@sulemanhaider1305 because these infightings help in installing the most capable rulers on the throne that's why it's a good thing that they fight for the throne.

[@sulemanhaider1305]

@@mdsabahuddin8251 it is also notorious for destroying the Mongols, the Timurids, and almost the Ottomans.

[@Pratyush_M]

@@AlMuqaddimahYT there was infighting amongst azeb sons for the throne. But it was azeb who had ensured the fall of his 'empire'. He was defeated by Marathas as attested by Khafi Khan himself. And was leaving it as a broken man when he died at khuldabad.

[@yasserkhan1211]

Thank you love from India 🇮🇳

[@zarifr1637]

hello from the former territory of Mir Jumla, shah suja and Murshid kuli khan. History tells us we were a independent Sultanate durning days of Fakhruddin Mubarak Shah and he didnt pledge to anybody. After that we people became hostage to foreign Rulers for 500 years. Its wonderful to see how far we have come from those days. Now we have our very own country where we have a common culture and Ethnolinguistic similarity. but still we are Divided. any guess where I am from?

[@alamgir5553]

Bangladesh?

[@ringoman08]

Clearly facts aside he doesn’t like dar sikho just like aurangzeb

[@AlMuqaddimahYT]

Tbh, I do like Dara Shikoh but to him, as to others like him (progressives), I have the same complaint, they never win. Dara Shikoh could've been a good ruler but he didn't learn how to fight. In my opinion, that's on Dara Shikoh.

[@Ajitchudasama]

@@hinduismexposed2093 Aurangzeb was Worst & Worthless Islamist. He is rotting in Hell.

[@draculemihawk4269]

@@hinduismexposed2093 don't become a radical . Then there would be no difference between a hindu radical and you .

[@Ramiro117]

Aurangzeb another tywin lannister

[@navinkumarpk86]

Why no mention of Aurangzeb killing Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur?

[@georgeghazaryan]

why hindus are so obsessed with sikhs? apni khud history nahi hai kya?

[@navinkumarpk86]

@@georgeghazaryan Why don't you answer the question? Also type in English, idiot.

[@RajeshYadav-zn7no]

did u show the exact extent of maratha empire ? Chatrapthi Shivaji Maharaj reign coincided with his.

[@haideraliibnakhlaq8823]

Shivaji was a mountain rat during aurangzeb rule

[@umarshaikh2639]

I was so waiting for this episode on Great Aurangzeb Alamgir and at the same time humble in personal life .I am witness to his grave like a commoner while his predecessors lie under grand domes. Really appreciate your unbiased approach toward him because in India most of them label him as the evil emperor.

[@avik4343]

Because he was an evil emperor

[@rohandalvi6476]

Evil For Me but maybe not for Thy.

[@MSS-nt9ko]

@@avik4343 evil hoga tera baap… take your evil hindutva arse elsewhere

[@stoicstone521]

He was evil.

[@evilkhamzat]

He was evil…if you’re a safronist moron like the 🤡 above 👆

[@sultanqalawunkalavun6753]

Al muqaddimah 😍🤩

[@thearakan]

Shah shuja fled to Mrauk-U of Arakan, a powerful independent kingdom, ruling half of current Bangaladash. Arakan was not a part of Burma yet. He was killed for involving a plot taking over the crown. Magols and Arakan fought war and Arakan lose control Chittagong since then.

[@AshokGupta-oq6hs]

Sir,the ornament of the throne killed his 3 brothers for the throne ornament and jailed his old father Shahjehan till his death. Hail the glory of ornament of the throne !

[@napoleonbonaparte937]

During the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb alamgir almost 75% population of United Bengal and United Punjab along with 90% population of Kashmir and Sindh converted to Islam from Hinduism and Buddhism.

[@anonymous-uf8us]

Yep what a shame to forcibly convert people

[@namenloser7026]

@@anonymous-uf8us of course.

[@jawadshafi2747]

@@anonymous-uf8us no one was forced to revert

[@anonymous-uf8us]

@@jawadshafi2747 most of the Indian subcontinent's islamic population was forcibly converted they wer given 2 options either to die or convert so unfortunately they had to convert to Islam very very few people only converted wishfully

[@rizvvan21]

@@anonymous-uf8us so you have evidence to suggest your statement ? If you are correct then why are muslims in minority now ? Why so many Hindus remained Hindu ?

[@o.w.a.i.s8487]

Reading and listening about Aurangzeb Alamgir rh really made me respect and admire him more and more may Allah be pleased with him ❤️

[@blacksheep6174]

Ameen

[@o.w.a.i.s8487]

@@hinduismexposed2093 what do you mean

[@draculemihawk4269]

@@o.w.a.i.s8487 hindus will get offended . That's why . Well I condemned the loss suffered by hindus during aurangzebs regime . But praising him here would create unnecessary argument. Even tough I am a muslim . And that hindu people will blame him and abuse islam.

[@theobuniel9643]

@@draculemihawk4269 Not just Hindus, Sikhs legitimately hate Aurangzeb as well, because he openly persecuted them in their early history (although do take note that the Sikhs sided with Dara Shikoh during the succession war because he was more tolerant of other religions), and was even responsible for the execution of a Guru.

[@kvinda1]

@@draculemihawk4269 aurangzeb even persecuted shia muslims. he captured and massacared Dawoodi bohra's who are Shia muslims in gujrat .He massacared bohra's and killed their religious head Dai Qutubuddin shaheed in ahmedabad. All bohra's visit this place which they refer as chotti or small karbala

[@Rehansfunlife]

Guess what U have just earned a subscriber

[@None-wi2co]

Fanatic Hindu's forget , christian British and Portugese sold thousands of Hindus as slaves and indentured laborers world wide. That's how they ended up in Caribbean, Pacific Islands, South America. Aurangzeb and later Mughals fought both the English and the Portuguese to keep India free from pirates.