Death
Aurangzeb, driven by his ambition and his conservative Islamic views, seized the throne and eventually defeated his brother (who was considerably more well-liked than he, a fact which was highlighted later on in his strict, extremist rule). While Shah Jahan's eldest son was said to be tolerant, wise and beloved, he was nonetheless overrun and eventually executed, leaving the crown to his brother, who ruled his empire harshly and assured that he was one of the remembered, if not fondly.
For these reasons, Nadira and her children were caught in a dangerous feud. She remained faithful to her husband until her death in the late sixteen-fifties.
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Famous quotes containing the word death:
“I’ve been cursed for delving into the mysteries of life. Perhaps death is sacred, and I’ve profaned it. Oh, what a wonderful vision it was. I dreamed of being the first to give to the world the secret that God is so jealous of, the formula for life. Think of the power, to create a man. And I did, I did it, I created a man. And who knows, in time I could have trained him to do my will. I could have bred a race, I might even have found the secret of eternal life.”
—William Hurlbut (1883–?)
“Life is in the mouth; death is in the mouth.”
—Hawaiian saying no. 60, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)
“If I can, I shall keep my death from saying anything that my life has not already said.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)