Mughal War of Succession

The Mughal war of succession of 1658–1659 was a war of succession fought among the four sons of Shah Jahan: Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, and Shah Shuja, in hopes of gaining the Mughal Throne. Prior to the death of Shah Jahan, each of his sons held governorships during their father's reign. The emperor favoured the eldest, Dara Shikoh, However, there was resentment among the younger three, who sought at various times to strengthen alliances between themselves and against Dara. There was no Mughal tradition of primogeniture, the systematic passing of rule, upon an emperor's death, to his eldest son. Instead it was customary for sons to overthrow their father and for brothers to war to the death among themselves.

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1658 — 1659  Wikidata
war, Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, Shah Shuja, 

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1965 Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	war	1658	Mughal War of Succession	war, Aurangzeb, Shah Shuja, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh	Wikidata
event	war	1939	World War II	Axis Powers, world war, Allies of World War II, historical period, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Nazi Germany, Australia	Wikidata
event	war	1965	Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965	war	Wikidata