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The History of Aurangzib.

CHAPTER I.

Boyhood And Education, 1618–1634.

Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzib, who ascended the throne of Delhi as Alamgir I., was the sixth child of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, the royal couple who lie buried in the famous Taj Mahal. His grandfather, the Emperor Jahangir, after putting down one of Malik Ambar's attempts to revive the Ahmadnagar kingship, was leisurely making a royal progress from Guzerat to Agra, with Shah Jahan and his family in his train, when at Dohad[1], on the way to Ujjain, Aurangzib

  1. Dohad (22.50 N. 74°20 E., Indian Atlas, Sheet 36 s. w.) is a subdivision of the Panch Mahal District in the Bombay