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Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of...............
(Aurangzeb/Humayun/Shah Jahan) quickly tell me guys​

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Dara Shikoh, also known as Dara Shukoh (Hindi: दारा शिकोह, Urdu: دارا شِکوہ‎), (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659)[1][3] was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.[4] Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba ("Prince of High Rank")[5] and was favoured as a successor by his father and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum. In the war of succession which ensued after Shah Jahan's illness in 1657, Dara was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb). He was executed in 1659 on Aurangzeb's orders in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne.[6]

Dara Shikoh

دارا شُکوہ

Shahzada of the Mughal Empire

Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba

Unknown Indian - Miniature Portrait of Dara Shikoh - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg

Miniature portrait of Dara Shikoh c.1640

Born

20 March 1615[1]

Ajmer, Rajputana, Mughal Empire

Died

30 August 1659 (aged 44)[2]

Delhi, Mughal Empire

Burial

Humayun’s Tomb

Spouse

Nadira Banu Begum

Issue

Sulaiman Shikoh

Mumtaz Shikoh

Sipihr Shikoh

Jahanzeb Banu Begum

Full name

Muhammad Dara Shikoh

House

Timurid

Father

Shah Jahan

Mother

Mumtaz Mahal

Religion

Islam

Dara was a liberal-minded unorthodox Muslim as opposed to the orthodox Aurangzeb; he authored the work The Confluence of the Two Seas, which argues for the harmony of Sufi philosophy in Islam and Vedanta philosophy in Hinduism. A great patron of the arts, he was also more inclined towards philosophy and mysticism rather than military pursuits. The course of the history of the Indian subcontinent, had Dara Shikoh prevailed over Aurangzeb, has been a matter of some conjecture among historians.[7][8][9]