The triumphs and tragedies of Shah Jahan | Taj Mahal, Agra

“The king is dead, long live the king”. This is the traditional way of announcing the death of the previous king, and proclaiming his eldest son as the next new king. But among the Mughal kings of India, such a proclamation was unusual. Succession was always a fraught affair, and the mighty emperor Shah Jahan was no exception. This is the agonising story of the Mughal succession wars; when princes fought and killed their own siblings; when princesses had to remain spinsters because there were no worthy suitors; and when close family ties were broken in a mad scramble for the throne. It was an unforgiving system that ultimately made the dynasty itself collapse under its own weight. Watch this video to know of the circumstances that catapulted Shah Jahan to the throne of the richest kingdom in the world, but reduced his personal life to a terribly tragic one.
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Interesting analysis. I do not think this was norm in Mughals and exception in other dynasties. As long as elder son was competent and a clear line of Kingship ancestry, I guess it would not have been a problem. By Kingship ancestry I mean a clear passing of Kingship from King to eldest son to his eldest son and so on. Any unfortunate turn of events where Kingship temporarily passed to a brother then it would most probably result in succession battle and blood bath. Mahabharat being an example.

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Well, in many cases these sons had different mothers. The mothers and their families wanted their sons to inherit the kingdom, filling the heads of the princes with dreams of glorious throne.

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Shah Jahan Facts: * Mumtaz was Shah Jahan's 4th wife out of his 7 wives. * Shah Jahan killed Mumtaz's husband before he forced her into sexual slavery labelled as marriage. * Mumtaz died during her 14th child delivery. * After Mumtaz's death, Shah Jahan married Mumtaza's sister.

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While this Barbarism of killing their own brothers brought the empire down.....

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