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Dara Shikoh



         


Dara Shikoh (1615 - 1659) was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. He was noted for his religious tolerance and was favored as a successor by his father and his sister Jahanara Begum, but was defeated and beheaded by his younger brother Aurangzeb in a bitter struggle for the Mughal throne.





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