Editing Aurangzeb (section)

== Personal life ==
=== Full title ===
[[File:Firman of Aurangzeb, India, 1689, The David Collection, Copenhagen (1) (36012492090).jpg|thumb|''[[Tughra]]'' and a seal of Aurangzeb, on an imperial ''[[firman]]'']]The epithet Aurangzeb means 'Ornament of the Throne'.<ref name="Thackeray248" /> His chosen title Alamgir translates to Conqueror of the World.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dictionary of Wars |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |isbn=978-1-135-95494-9 |location=Hoboken |page=387}}</ref>

Aurangzeb's full imperial title was:

''Al-Sultan al-Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Hazrat Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur Alamgir I'',
''Badshah Ghazi'',
''Shahanshah-e-Sultanat-ul-Hindiya Wal Mughaliya''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tomb of Aurangzeb|url=http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/Tourist/Tomb_of_Aurangzeb-_Khulatabad.pdf|publisher=ASI Aurangabad|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923175254/http://www.asiaurangabad.in/pdf/Tourist/Tomb_of_Aurangzeb-_Khulatabad.pdf}}</ref>

Aurangzeb had also been attributed various other titles including ''Caliph of The Merciful'', ''Monarch of Islam'', and ''Living Custodian of God''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hussein |first1=S M |date=2002 |title=Structure of Politics Under Aurangzeb 1658–1707 |publisher=Kanishka Publishers Distributors |page=158 |isbn=978-81-7391-489-8}}</ref><ref>Shah Muhammad Waseem (2003): ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=dShuAAAAMAAJ&q=aurangzeb+caliph هندوستان ميں فارسى تاريخ نگارى: ٧١ويں صدى كے آخرى نصف سے ٨١ويں صدى كے پهلے نصف تک فارسى تاريخ نگارى كا ارتقاء]'', Kanishka Publishing. {{ISBN|978-81-7391-537-6}}</ref>

=== Family ===
==== Consorts ====
Aurangzeb had at least 4 consorts in his harem, from which he fathered 6 sons and 6 daughters:
*[[Dilras Banu Begum]]. [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]] Princess, daughter of Prince [[Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi]], Aurangzeb's first wife.
*[[Nawab Bai]]. Secondary's wife of Aurangzeb, daughter of Raja Tajuddin Khan
*[[Aurangabadi Mahal]]. First Concubine of Aurangzeb
*[[Udaipuri Mahal]]. Second concubine of Aurangzeb. She was a dancing girl before entering the harem

==== Issues ====

===== Sons =====
*[[Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)|Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Sultan]] (30 December 1639 – 14 December 1676). Imprisoned by his father. With [[Nawab Bai]]
*[[Bahadur Shah I]] (14 October 1643 – 27 February 1712). Mughal Emperor, conspired to overthrow his younger brother. With [[Nawab Bai]]
*[[Muhammad Azam Shah]] (28 June 1653 – 20 June 1707). Overthrowen by his elder half-brother. With Dilras Banu Begum
*[[Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince)|Shahzade Mirza Muhammad Akbar]] (11 September 1657 – 31 March 1706). Exiled to [[Safavid empire]]. With Dilras Banu Begum
*[[Muhammad Kam Bakhsh|Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Kam Bakhsh]] (7 March 1667 – 14 January 1709). Ruler of [[Bijapur]]. With Udaipuri Mahal

===== Daughters =====
*[[Zeb-un-Nissa|Shahzadi Zeb-un-Nissa]]  (15 February 1638 – 26 May 1702). She poet and was imprisoned by her father. She never married or had children. With [[Dilras Banu Begum]]
*[[Zinat-un-Nissa Begum|Shahzadi Zinat-un-Nissa Begum]] ( 5 October 1643 – 7 May 1721). She became Mughal Empress ([[Padshah Begum]]). With [[Dilras Banu Begum]]
*[[Badr-un-Nissa Begum|Shahzadi Badr-un-Nissa Begum]] (17 November 1647 – 9 April 1670). Never married or had any children. With Nawab Bai
*[[Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum|Shahzadi Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum]] (2 September 1651 – 17 February 1707). Married once and had a son. With Dilras Banu Begum
*[[Mihr-un-Nissa Begum|Shahzadi Mihr-un-Nissa Begum]] (Persian: مهرالنسا بیگم; 28 September 1661 – 2 April 1706). Married once and had 2 sons. With Aurangabadi Mahal