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Aurangzeb's Final Days and the Broken Succession
In Episode 247, Lucas and Luna turn away from the Deccan wars and tulip obsession to examine the chaotic end of Aurangzeb’s reign. We explore the bitter War of Succession that erupted upon his death in 1707, focusing on the three princes: Muazzam, Azam Shah, and Kam Bakhsh. The episode details the Battle of Jajau, where Muazzam defeated his brother Azam, leading to a fragile peace with Bahadur Shah I. Through letters to his daughter Zeb-un-Nissa and court records like the Maasir-i-Alamgiri, we see an emperor dying in Burhanpur, distrusting his heirs and leaving an empire fractured by…
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