History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c37.s6.6

v3.c37.s6.6

Aurangzib made a number of matrimonial connections* between his family and those of his unhappy brothers. We have seen how his eldest son Muhammad Sultan had been married to Shuja's daughter Gulrukh Banu in 1659, and to Murad Bakhsh's daughter Dostdar Banu in 1672. Of his other sons, Muhammad Azam was wedded to Dara's daughter Jahanzeb Banu in 1669, and Muhammad Akbar to Sulaiman Shukoh's daughter, Salima Banu, in 1672. Two of the Emperor's daughters, Mihr-un-nisa and Zubdat-un-nisa, were married to Izad Bakhsh and Sipihr Shukoh, the sons of Murad and Dara respectively (in 1672 and 1673), while later in the reign two daughters of the fugitive Akbar were married to two sons of Shah Alam (1695). Thus in the third generation from Aurangzib his blood became inextricably mingled with the blood of his murdered brothers.