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Dara Shikoh - from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia (286 words) |
 | Dara Shikoh (1615–1659) was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Mahal. |
| He 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. |
| Dara Shikoh was a gentle and pious Sufi intellectual, he favored religious tolerance, and religious coexistence between Hindus and Muslims. |
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| Dara Shikoh, eldest son of the Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan, and heir apparent to his throne, was born near Ajmer in 1615 C.E.. |
| Accordingly, says Dara, he travelled to Benaras in 1067 A.H., where he assembled several leading Sanskrit Pandits to translate the Upanishads, in an effort to draw out from the scriptures of the Hindus the hidden teachings on monotheism which are, he says, 'in conformity with the Holy Qur'an'. |
| Dara was accused by Aurangzeb and some 'ulama attached to the royal court of infidelity and heresy. |
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