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Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor > 
Aurangzeb was the ruler of the Mughal Empire in India (1658-1707) and is commonly considered the last of the great Mughal emperors as well one of the most controversial. He was a conservative Muslim and strictly interpreted the Qur'an, banning music, dance, and most forms of art. He oppressed non-Muslims and was engaged in near-constant warfare during his reign.
The Mughal Empire was an empire that at its greatest territorial extent ruled most of the Indian subcontinent, then known as Bharat, and parts of what is now Afghanistan and Iran (Balochistan), between 1526 and 1707. The empire was founded by the Turco-Persian/Turco-Mongol Timurid leader Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. "Mughal" is the Persian word for "Mongol". The religion of the Mughals was Islam.
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