History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s2.1

v3.c38.s2.1

Aurangzib had claimed the throne as the champion of pure Islam against the heretical practices and principles of Dara Shukoh. Now that he was undisputed master of the country, he had to carry out the promises made in his manifesto at the commencement of the war. Soon after his second coronation (June, 1659) he issued the following ordinances* to restore the rules of orthodox Islam in the administration and to bring the lives of the people into closer accord with the teaching of the Quran. Every departure from the canonical practices was an innovation (bidat) and a mark of heresy, and therefore the special object of his condemnation.