[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c14.s9.2 # Shivaji and His Times c14.s9.2 Shivaji and His Times c14.s9.2 - **Language:** English ### [c14.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9.2) He had not yet completed the 53rd year of his age. The Muslim world ascribed his premature death to the curse of the saint Sayyid Jan Muhammad of Jalna. In Maharashtra there were some whispers of his wife Soyra Bai, the mother of Rajaram, having administered poison to him to prevent his giving the throne to Shambhuji. - [Previous: c14.s9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9.1) - [Next: c14.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9.3) - [Up: c14.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c14.s9.2) · Pramāṇa