← Annalium map

Aurangzeb

1618 CE – 1707 CE

Retrace Aurangzeb's life across the map — 17 events in chronological order, from a cinematic flythrough to a full timeline.

Life journey

1. Siege of Daman1638 CE
   The siege of Daman of 1639, also called the great siege of Daman was a military engagement between Portuguese forces and those of the Mughal Empire in the city of Daman, in India. A Mughal army commanded by the Mughal prince Muhi-al-Din (Aurangzeb) attempted to assault Daman, but was repulsed in the face of stubborn Portuguese resistance.
2. Dano-Mughal War1642 CE
   The Dano-Mughal War, formally the Danish East India Company's War against the Mughal Empire, was a colonial and maritime conflict between the Mughal Empire and the Danish East India Company over trade commerce in the Bay of Bengal. Lasting from 1642 to 1698, the conflict has also been referred to by historians as the Dano-Bengali Thirty Years' War.
3. Siege of Bidar1657 CE
   The siege of Bidar was a twenty-seven day siege of Bidar Fort mounted by the Mughal Empire against the Bijapur Sultanate. The siege was led by the Mughal prince Aurangzeb during the reign of his father Shah Jahan, and was the opening military confrontation to his broader invasion of the Bijapur Sultanate that same year. The garrison was commanded by Siddi Marjan, governor of the city, who eventually surrendered and then died of his wounds. The siege was a Mughal victory, with Bijapur subsequently negotiating a peace treaty with Shah Jahan. The city of Bidar was ceded to the Mughal Empire, becoming one of the earliest cities in the Deccan to fall into Mughal control.
4. Mughal War of Succession1658 CE
   The Mughal war of succession of 1658–1659 was a war of succession fought among the four sons of Shah Jahan: Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, and Shah Shuja, in hopes of gaining the Mughal Throne. Prior to the death of Shah Jahan, each of his sons held governorships during their father's reign. The emperor favoured the eldest, Dara Shikoh, However, there was resentment among the younger three, who sought at various times to strengthen alliances between themselves and against Dara. There was no Mughal tradition of primogeniture, the systematic passing of rule, upon an emperor's death, to his eldest son. Instead it was customary for sons to overthrow their father and for brothers to war to the death among themselves.
5. Battle of Deorai1659 CE
   1659 Indian history
6. Battle of Khajwa1659 CE
   The Battle of Khajuha was fought on January 5, 1659, between the newly crowned Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and Shah Shuja who also declared himself Mughal Emperor in Bengal. Shuja's army rested by the tank of Khajwa, about 30 miles to the west of Fatehpur- Haswa in'the Allahabad District, between the Ganges and the Jumna.
7. Siege of Janjira1682 CE
   The siege of Janjira was a military campaign undertaken by the Maratha Confederacy, commanded by Sambhaji, the second Maratha ruler, against the Siddis of Janjira in January 1682. The Maratha forces, led by Sambhaji, withdrew from Janjira to the Konkan region in response to Mughal attacks, leaving a contingent behind under the command of Dadaji Raghunath Deshpande. Despite their efforts, the Marathas were unable to capture the fort, and the Siddis pursued the retreating forces, plundering Maratha territories.
8. Siege of Janjira1682 CE
   The siege of Janjira was a military campaign undertaken by the Maratha Confederacy, commanded by Sambhaji, the second Maratha ruler, against the Siddis of Janjira in January 1682. The Maratha forces, led by Sambhaji, withdrew from Janjira to the Konkan region in response to Mughal attacks, leaving a contingent behind under the command of Dadaji Raghunath Deshpande. Despite their efforts, the Marathas were unable to capture the fort, and the Siddis pursued the retreating forces, plundering Maratha territories.
9. Siege of Bijapur1685 CE
   The siege of Bijapur began in April 1685 and ended in September 1686 with a Mughal victory. The siege began when Aurangzeb dispatched his son, Muhammad Azam Shah, with a force of nearly 50,000 men to capture Bijapur Fort and defeat Sikandar Adil Shah, the then Sultan of Bijapur, who had refused to be a vassal of the Mughal Empire. The siege of Bijapur was one of the longest military engagements of the Mughals, lasting more than 15 months, until Aurangzeb personally arrived to organise a victory.
10. Child's War1686 CE
    The Anglo-Mughal war, also known as the Child's War, was the first Anglo-Indian war on the Indian subcontinent.
11. Siege of Golconda1687 CE
    The siege of Golconda (1687) was an eight-month military siege of the Golconda Fort. This siege was personally directed by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb against the Golconda Sultanate, ruled by king Abul Hasan Qutb Shah. It was the second Mughal siege of the fort, following an aborted attempt by Aurangzeb in 1656 as a prince of emperor Shah Jahan. The event served as the climax of the Golconda Sultanate, which was annexed into the Mughal Empire as a result of the victory of the siege. The military confrontation was one of the final stages in the Mughal Empire's expansion southwards in the Indian subcontinent.
12. Battle of Nadaun1691 CE
    The Battle of Nadaun, alternatively known as the Hussaini Yudh, was fought at Nadaun, between Raja Bhim Chand of Bilaspur (Kahlur) and the Mughals under Alif Khan. Bhim Chand was supported by Guru Gobind Singh and the Mughals were supported by other hill chieftains, notably Kirpal Chand from Kangra and Dayal Chand from Bijharwal. Bhim Chand and some hill chieftains, after the conclusion of the Battle of Bhangani, had refused to pay tribute to the Mughal emperor which led to the battle at Nadaun. The battle resulted in the victory of Bilaspur State and Sikh alliance.
13. Battle of Satara1700 CE
    The Battle of Satara was fought between the Mughal Empire and Maratha Kingdom between December 1699 and 21 April 1700. The battle started when the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb personally marched towards Satara, accompanied by 10,000 Mughal soldiers.
14. Siege of Panhala1701 CE
    The Siege of Panhala in 1701 was a significant military expedition led by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb during his campaign against the Marathas. The fort was under the command of Trimbakji, a Maratha leader who was later supported by Dhanaji Jadhav.
15. Second Battle of Anandpur1704 CE
    The second siege of Anandpur, also known as the second battle of Anandpur (1704), was a siege at Anandpur, between Sikhs and the Mughal governors, dispatched by Aurangzeb, Wazir Khan, Dilwaar Kahn and Zaberdast Khan, and aided by the vassal Rajas of the Sivalik Hills which lasted from May 1704 to 19 December 1704.
16. Siege of Wagingera1704 CE
    During the final siege of Wagingera, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb sent for Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung who arrived on March 27, and the next day attacked Lal Tikri Hillock which was lost to the Bedars in the early days of the siege and retook it. The Bedars retreated to the village at the foot of Talwargera and began operating from behind its mud wall. Many Rajputs fell in this daring attack. But Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung did not stop there. He sent Rao Dalpat Bundela to another mound which was taken and the Bedars fled to the village of Dhedpura, where he was ambushed. But Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung held his position. A few days afterwards Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung made a strategic move and captured the wells from where the Bedars used to draw their water. He attacked Talwargera on April 27 taking the village.
17. Capture of Delhi and Red Fort1783 CE
    The Battle of Delhi was fought between the Dal Khalsa of Sikhs and the Mughal Empire in 1783.

Event data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC-BY-SA). Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].