Dara Shikoh was the eldest son and the heir apparent of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. He was favoured as a successor by his father and his sister Princess Jahanara Begum Sahib, but was defeated by his younger brother Prince Muhiuddin (later the Emperor Aurangzeb) in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne. He was given the title of Pad-shahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba, [alal Ul-Kadir, Sultan Muhammad Dara Shukoh, Shah-i-Buland Iqbal. ....Read more