Aurangzeb Quotes

India, Emperor
November 3, 1618 – March, 3, 1707.

Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad commonly known by the sobriquet Aurangzeb or by his regnal title Alamgir was the sixth Mughal emperor, who reigned for a period of 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707. Widely considered to be the last effective Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb was also one of the most influential rulers of the 17th century and one of the most powerful and controversial emperors in both history of India and history of Islam.

Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God... I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.

Aurangzeb
- God
- Sin
- Punishment
I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing.

Aurangzeb
- Doing
- Stranger
- Who I Am

Next, he took a step further, and in the 12th year of his reign (9th April, 1669) he issued a general order “to demolish all the schools and temples of the infidels and to put down their religious teaching and practices.

Aurangzeb
In a small village in the sarkar of Sirhind, a Sikh temple was demolished and converted into a mosque. An imam was appointed who was subsequently killed.

Aurangzeb
- Temple
- Converted
- Mosque
No age is wanting in able men; it is the duty of wise masters to find them out, win them over, and get work done by means of them, without listening to the calumnies of selfish men against them.

Aurangzeb
- Means
- Master
- Calumnies
Orders were issued by the Sublime Court to dismiss the Hindu Chowkinavis and to appoint in their place Musalmans, and, likewise, a way should be found for replacing the Amins of the Haft-chowkis by the Musalmans.

Aurangzeb
The demolition of a Temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place.

Aurangzeb
- Place
- Temple
- Walk Away
In every parganah officers have come from the thanahs with orders from the Presence for the destruction of idols.

Aurangzeb
- Destruction
- Idols
- Orders

By looting, the temples of the South and hunting out buried treasures, Mir Jumla amassed a vast fortune. The huge Hindu idols of copper were brought away in large numbers to be melted and cast into cannon.....

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