Editing Aurangzeb (section)

===Satnami opposition===
[[File:Emperor Aurangzeb at a jharokha window, two noblemen in the foregroundIn 1710 San Diego Museum of Art.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Aurangzeb dispatched his personal imperial guard during the campaign against the Satnami rebels.]]

In May 1672, the [[Satnampanth|Satnami]] sect, obeying the commands of an old toothless woman (according to Mughal accounts), organised a revolt in the agricultural heartlands of the Mughal Empire. The Satnamis were known to have shaved off their heads and even eyebrows and had temples in many regions of [[Northern India]]. They began a large-scale rebellion 75 miles southwest of Delhi.<ref name="Hansen1986p454">{{cite book |title=The Peacock Throne: The Drama of Mogul India |last1=Hansen |first1=Waldemar |year=1986 |orig-date=1972 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0225-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AV--abKg9GEC |page=454 |access-date=3 October 2014}}</ref>

The Satnamis believed they were invulnerable to Mughal bullets and believed they could multiply in any region they entered. The Satnamis initiated their march upon Delhi and overran small-scale Mughal infantry units.<ref name="Edwardes1930">{{cite book |last1=Edwardes |first1=Stephen Meredyth |authorlink1=Stephen Edwardes |last2=Garrett |first2=Herbert Leonard Offley |year=1930 |title=Mughal Rule in India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aqU9Zu7mFoC&pg=PA119 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors |page=119 |isbn=978-81-7156-551-1}}</ref>

Aurangzeb responded by organising a [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal army]] of 10,000 troops, artillery, and a detachment of his imperial guards. Aurangzeb wrote Islamic prayers and drew designs that were sewn into the army's flags. His army crushed the Satnami rebellion.<ref name="Hansen1986p454"/>