History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c38.s4.19

v3.c38.s4.19

The Bohra sect have a tradition that their spiritual guide, Sayyid Qutb-ud-din of Ahmadabad, was killed with 700 of his followers, by order of Aurangzib.* We know from the Persian histories that there was a bloody feud between the Shia and Sunni sections of the Bohras, and also that the influence of the governors of Gujrat used to be directed to the repression of the Shia Bohras, who enjoyed toleration only when the subahdar happened to be a Persian or Shia himself. Aurangzib would naturally have supported the policy of persecuting these heretics (*rafizi*).