Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar "ਇਸ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਤੇ ਸਮਕਾਲੀ ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ ਲਿਖਤਾਂ ਇੱਕਠਾ ਕਰਨਾ �...
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INTRODUCTION Aurangzeb, Emperor Shah Jahan’s sixth child, was born on 24th October 1618 at Dohad in Madhya Pradesh, and wrested India’s crown from his father before the end of June 1658, af...
1. MUGHAL EMPIRE C. 1707 For a minute demarcation of the boundaries of the different subas or provinces of the Empire, the reader may consult Prof. Irfan Habib’s “An Atlas of Mughal...
2. PRINCE DARA SHUKOH TRANSLATING THE UPANISHADS Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Emperor Shah Jahan, was like his great ancestor Akbar, a very liberal and enlightened Musalman and a ...
3. CAPTIVE DARA BEING PARADED IN DELHI 29th August 1659 The painting above, based on Dr. Bernier’s eyewitness account, shows a captive Dara Shukoh and his son being carried on an elepha...
4. AURANGZEB ORDERS THE EXECUTION OF SARMAD Sarmad was a well known saint who came to Delhi towards the end of Shah Jahan’s reign. Prince Dara Shukoh, the eldest son of Shah Jahan and tra...
5. DARA SHUKOH’S FARCICAL TRIAL AND VERDICT Crown Prince Dara’s immense popularity and sympathy for him among the masses was evident when he along with his young son was taken out on t...
6. SHAH JAHAN’S BURIAL PROCESSION The painting above is based on a contemporary letter sent by the Amber State official Parkaldas to the Diwan of Amber, Kalyandas, dated Phalgun Vadi 30...
7. SHIVAJI LEAVING AURANGZEB’S COURT IN ANGER Shivaji reached Agra on the 12th May 1666 by noon, and had to be rushed to the Court to attend the special darbar on Aurangzeb’s 50th lun...
8. EVEN TO LOOK AT A TEMPLE IS IMPROPER FOR A MUSALMAN ‘It was reported to the Emperor (Aurangzeb) that in the Temple of Keshava Rai at Mathura, there was a stone railing presented by �...
9. HINDUS TO BE REPLACED BY MUSALMANS Hindu Chowkinavis and Amins of the Haft-chowkis to be replaced by the Musalmans. “Orders were issued by the Sublime Court to dismiss the Hindu Chow...
10. RESTRICTION ON ATISHBAZI “The Emperor ordered Jumdat-ul-Mulk to write to the Mutsaddis of all the subahs (provinces) of the empire that display of fire-works (atishbazi) is being for...
11. LARGE NUMBER OF CONVERSIONS BY FAUJDAR, BITHUR: GRANT OF SAROPAS AND CASH SANCTIONED BY AURANGZEB ‘Shaikh Abdul Momin, the Faujdar of Bithur, wrote to Jumdatul Mulk that he had conv...
13. AURANGZEB RESTORING THE OFFICE OF QANUNGOSHIP TO HINDU OFFICIALS WHO WERE FORCED TO BECOME MUSALMAN There are a large number of Akhbarat (Aurangzeb’s Court Bulletins) which mention th...
12. MUSLIMS EXEMPTED FROM PAYING ZAKAT “A darvesh brought to the notice of the Emperor that the Musalmans (of the country) felt dejected on account of (the burden of) Zakat and that they...
14. QANUNGOSHIP ON BECOMING MUSALMAN Of the three Akhbarat of April 21st, April 22nd and May 4th 1667, the first mentions that Thakkar etc, four Qanungos of parganah Bhure, became M...
15. MUSALMANS TO REPLACE HINDU OFFICIALS Musalmans to replace Hindu officials as cure for ineffectiveness of prayers. "The Emperor said to Shaikh Nizam that his prayers were not having an...
16. DEMOLITION OF KALKA TEMPLE, I “The asylum of Shariat (Shariat Panah) Qazi Abul Mukaram has sent this arzi to the sublime Court: a man known to him told him that the Hindus gather in...
17. DEMOLITION OF KALKA TEMPLE, II “Saiyad Faulad Khan has reported that in compliance with the orders, beldars were sent to demolish the Kalka Temple which task they have done. During th...
18. RESTRICTION ON THE GATHERING OF HINDUS Restriction on the gathering of Hindus at the shrines of Shitla Mata and Pir Pabuji. Muslims too not to gather at these places. “For differe...
19. GENERAL ORDER FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLES 9th April 1669 “The Lord Cherisher of the Faith learnt that in the provinces of Thatta, Multan and especially at Benaras, the Brahmin m...
20. GENERAL ORDER FOR THE DEMOLITION OF HINDU TEMPLES On the 9th April 1669, Aurangzeb “eager to establish Islam, issued orders to the governors of all the provinces to demolish the scho...
21. DEMOLITION OF SOMNATH TEMPLE About the time the general order for destruction of Hindu Temples was issued (9th April 1669), the highly venerated Temple of Somanath built on the sea-sh...
22. DEMOLITION OF THE TEMPLE OF VISHWANATH Demolition of the Temple of Vishwanath (Banaras). August 1669 A.D. It was reported that, “according to the Emperor’s command, his officers ...
23. DEMOLITION OF THE DEHURA OF KESHAVA RAI IN MATHURA “During this month of Ramzan (1080 A.H./January-February 1670) … the Emperor ... The reviver of the Faith of the Prophet...