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Also 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

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • Prince Dara Shikoh and His Niece Princess Zeb-Un-Nissa
  • Book of Dara Shikoh
  • Ruba'iyats of Five Great Sufi Poets of India
  • Ruba'iyat of Dara Shikoh
  • Divan-e Dara Shikoh

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
98

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Quotes

  • "..Paradise is only at a place where no mulla lives, Where no uproar and clamor from mulla is heard, May the world rid itself of terror of a mulla,May no one pay heed to his fatwas. In a city where a mulla dwells, No wise man is ever found.."

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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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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dara Shikoh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.