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Indian History

Do you Know who was the Mughal Emperor that was recognized by all of Hindustani freedom fighters of 1857… after the fall of Delhi?

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The Background of Mughal Hindustan After Emperor Aurangzeb

                                                     Chapter 3:                        

                              Hindustan’s Political Climate Before 1857

Before we uncover the origin of the problems with the British that led to the Uprising of 1857, we should understand the political climate in mid-eighteenth-century Hindustan.                                   

 Background of Mughal Hindustan After Emperor Aurangzeb

During the rule of Emperor Shah Jahan (ruled 1628–1658) and Emperor Aurangzeb (ruled 1658–1707), there was a great rivalry between the Safavid dynasty of Persia, which chose to become Shi’ite, and the Emperor of Hindustan, so there were several alarms about a possible Persian invasion of Hindustan. Indeed, the Persian peril hung like a dark cloud over certain periods of these two reigns.During his forty-nine years of iron but just rule, Aurangzeb had totally completed his conquest of all of Hindustan. Based on experiences he had during his reign, he proclaimed certain rules that he encouraged his successors and family members to follow after his death. He contained these rules in a document that was essentially his last will and testament, known as Ahkam-I-Alamgiri (The Rules of Aurangzeb). Part of these rules are contained in the advice that the Emperor gave to his oldest son, Sultan Muhammad Mu’azzam Bahadur Shah, when he released him from confinement for disobedience, and conferred favors and gifts on him:Although out of sheer necessity and because I had no other choice, I have punished your extremely ruinous conduct by keeping you in confinement for some years, yet this is the strongest sign of your future kingship, as the throne and dignity of the biblical Joseph were dependent on his being imprisoned. God willing, the same will happen to you. In this hope, I have in my lifetime entrusted to you the rule of paradise-like Hindustan.The predictions of my horoscope—composed by Fazil Khan Ala-ul-mulk, and giving the incidents from the day of my birth till after my death—have all been verified by actual experience. In that horoscope, it is written that after me will come an Emperor, ignorant, narrow-minded, overpowered by injuries—whose words will be all imperfect and whose plans will be all immature. He will act towards some men with so much recklessness as almost to drown them, and towards others with so much severity as to raise the fear of utter destruction.Some counsels I am going to give you; you should lay them to heart. Although I know it for certain that it is far from your nature to put them into practice, yet I am speaking out of paternal affection and in view of the love and obedience, which you have shown.First: An Emperor ought to stand midway between gentleness and severity. If either of these two qualities exceeds the other, it becomes a cause of the ruin of his throne, because in case of excessive gentleness the people display audacity, while the increase of harshness scares away hearts. For example, our great ancestor uncle, Sultan Ulugh Beg, in spite of his graces and good qualities, was fearless in shedding blood, so that for petty offences he used to order executions. His son, Abdul Latif, made him a prisoner and sent him to the fort at Nehawand. On the way, he asked a man, “What do you think was the cause of the fall of my royal power?” The man answered, “On account of your bloodshed, which made men shrink from you.” What my august ancestor the Emperor Humayun displayed was improper negligence, forgiveness, and weakness in affairs, because, in spite of his repeatedly hearing of the audacious deeds of Sher Khan in the province of Bengal, he neglected Sher Khan, and only rebuked his father, Hassan Sur, saying, “You know of your son’s acts, and yet you do not write to him to put some sense in him!” Hassan replied, “His acts have passed beyond the stage of writing. I know not what your Majesty’s negligence will at last result in.”Second: An Emperor should never allow himself to be fond of ease and inclined to retirement, because the most fatal cause of the decline of kingdoms and the destruction of royal power is this undesirable habit. Always be moving about, as much as possible.It is bad for both Emperors and water to remain stagnant,The water grows putrid, and the Emperor’s power slips out of his control.In touring lie the honor, ease, and splendor of Emperors.The desire of comfort and happiness makes them untrustworthy.Third: Always plan how to train your servants, and appoint everyone to the task for which you deem him fit. It is opposed to wisdom to order a carpet-weaver to do the work of a blacksmith. Don’t impose the tasks of the great on the small, nor those of the little on the great, because great people feel ashamed to do the work of small people, and little fellows have not the capacity for doing the work of the great, so that utter disorder prevails in the affairs of the State.

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During his forty-nine years of iron but just rule, Aurangzeb had totally completed his conquest of all of Hindustan. Based on experiences he had during his reign, he proclaimed certain rules that he encouraged his successors and family members to follow after his death. He contained these rules in a document that was essentially his last will and testament, known as Ahkam-I-Alamgiri (The Rules of Aurangzeb).