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:
“They are girls. Green girls.
Death and life is their daily work.
Death seams up and down the leaf.
I call the leaves my death girls.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Death destroys a man: the idea of Death saves him.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)