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Notes:
1. 'Fifty years after' would be more nearly correct. Aurangzeb wa
crowned 23rd July, 1658, according to the author. See end of next
note.
2. On the death of Aurangzeb, which took place in the Deccan, on the
3rd of March, 1707 (N.S.), his son 'Azam marched at the head of the
troops which he commanded in the Deccan, to meet Mu'azzam, who was
viceroy in Kabul. They met and fought near Agra. 'Azam was defeated
and killed. The victor marched to meet his other brother, Kam Baksh,
whom he killed near Hyderabad in the Deccan, and secured to himself
the empire. On his death, which took place in 1713, his four sons
contended in the same way for the throne at the head of the armies of
their respective viceroyalties. Mu'izz-ud-din, the most crafty,
persuaded his two brothers, Rafi-ash-Shan and Jahan Shah, to unite
their forces with his own against their ambitions brother, Azim-ash-
Shan, whom they defeated and killed, Mu'izz-ud-din then destroyed his
two allies. [W. H. S.]
The above note is not altogether accurate. 'Azam, the third son of
Aurangzeb, was killed in battle near Agra, in June 1707.
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