Dara Shikoh
Sign in to saveAlso known as Muhammada Dārāśukoha, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India Dārā Shikūh, Prinz Dara Schukuh Mogulreich, Muhammad Dārā S̲ẖikūh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India Dārāśikoha, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India Dara Shukoh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India Dârâ Shokûh, Prince, son of Shahjahan, Emperor of India Dara Shikoh
Indian prince
Key facts
- Reign
- 1633 – 31 July 1658
- Badshah
- Shah Jahan
- Born
- ( 1615-03-20 ) 20 March 1615 , Ajmer , Rajputana , Mughal Empire
- Died
- 30 August 1659 (1659-08-30) (aged 44) , Delhi , Mughal Empire
- Burial
- Humayun's Tomb
- Spouse
- Nadira Banu Begum ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1633 ; death</span>"}]]}'>d. 1659 )
- Issue
- Sulaiman Shikoh Mumtaz Shikoh Sipihr Shikoh Mihr Shah Shahzadi Pak-Ni'had Banu Begum Shahzadi Amal un-nisa Begum Jahanzeb Banu Begum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dara
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Ajmer
- Place of death
- Delhi
- Spouse
- Nadira Banu Begum
- Father
- Shah Jahan
- Mother
- Mumtaz Mahal
- Sibling
- Aurangzeb
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Family
- Mughal dynasty
- Noble title
- prince
- Image
- Contemporary portrait of Dara Shikoh in 1628.jpg
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- Commons category
- Dara Shikoh
- date of birth
- 1615-01-01
- date of death
- 1659-00-00
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- place of burial
- Humayun's Tomb
- manner of death
- homicide
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseMughal dynasty DynastyTimurid dynasty FatherShah Jahan MotherMumtaz Mahal ReligionSunni Islam
Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659), also transliterated as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba (lit. 'Prince of High Rank') and was favoured as a successor by his father and his elder sister, Princess Jahanara Begum. He had been given the title of 'Shah-e-Buland Iqbal' by Shah Jahan. In the war of succession which ensued after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657, Dara was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb). He was executed in 1659 on Aurangzeb's orders after a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.
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