Death
That opportunity presented itself in late 1671, when Roshanara was discovered with yet another secret lover in her garden. The incident enraged Aurangazeb and sealed Roshanara's end and she was poisoned with her lover. It remains unclear as to who poisoned her; whether it was her own or the desire her lover to take poison. Others suspect Aurangzeb to have ordered her poisoning. However, the latter view is deemed unlikely by historians due to Aurangzebs apparent partiality towards her in a number of cases. She died at the age of 54. Aurangazeb had her interred in the Roshanara Bagh, a garden that she had designed and commissioned herself.
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