Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb

Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad (Persian: محی‌الدین محمد) (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known by the sobriquet Aurangzeb (Persian: اورنگزیب, lit. 'Ornament of the Throne') or by his regnal title Alamgir (Persian: "Conqueror of the World"), was the sixth Mughal emperor, who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years. Widely considered to be the last effective ruler of the Mughal Empire, Aurangzeb compiled the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, and was among the few monarchs to have fully established Sharia law and Islamic economics throughout the Indian subcontinent. He was an accomplished military leader whose rule has been the subject of praise, though he has also been described as the most controversial ruler in Indian history.He was a notable expansionist; during his reign, the Mughal Empire reached its great extent, ruling over nearly all of the Indian subcontinent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aurangzeb has received more than 7,707,377 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia. Aurangzeb is the 884th most popular politician (down from 752nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from India (up from 25th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Politician.

Aurangzeb is most famous for being a Muslim emperor who ruled India and Pakistan from 1658 to 1707. He was the last of the Mughal emperors.