History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c7.14

v1.c7.14

We may here conveniently describe Aurangzib’s wives and children. Dilras Banu, his consort, bore the high title of Begam or Princess. She died at Aurangabad on 8th October, 1657, from illness following child-birth,[*] and was buried in that city, under the title of ‘the Rabia of the Age’ (Rabia-ud-daurani.) Her tomb was repaired by her son Azam under order of Aurangzib, and is one of the sights of the place. She seems to have been a proud and self-willed lady and her husband stood in some awe of her.[†]