Re: Pakistan - Land of Aurangazebs
Aurangzeb…A very brave military general and I truly admire him for his bravery. He used to do his ‘namaz’ right in the middle of the battle field and looking at that sight many hindus in his army converted to the religion of their king. He used to stitch caps and sell them in his free time. His tomb is supposed to be made out of the money he made by selling those caps. He is also credited with improving the treasury which his father shahjahan had squandered for his extravagance. But i guess his good things end here.
he was a hard core religious fanatic who killed his own brother dara shikoh for practicing sufism. He killed sikh gurus for not converting. He killed hindus and destroyed their temples mercilessly. he was a core iconoclast. He only ended up creating severe rifts between hindus and muslims and sikhs and muslims. He is also credited for destroying many sufi dargahs. He was defeated by shivaji (irony being is he had muslims in his army) in south, rajputs abandoned him in west and north and which inspired ahoms to rebel against him in the east. He only led mughal empire into a decline.
According to stanley wolpert in his book a new history of india, aurangzeb is supposed to have said this nearing his old age wondering as to what is the purpose of all his conquests -
“I came alone and I go as a stranger. I do not know who I am, nor what I have been doing,” the dying old man confessed to his son in Feb 1707. “I have sinned terribly, and I do not know what punishment awaits me.”
http://www.mybulgaria.info/modules.php?name=Wiki&title=Aurangzeb
I should get this book!!