What was the personal life of Aurangzeb The Mughal Emperor?
He alienated many of his children and wives, driving some into exile and imprisoning others. At the ebb of his life, he expressed his loneliness and perhaps a regret for his militant intolerant rule. His personal piety is undeniable. Unlike the often alcohol- and women-absorbed personal lives of his predecessors, he led an extremely simple and pious life. He followed Muslim precepts with his typical determination, and even memorized the entire Qur’an. He knitted haj caps and copied out the Qur’an throughout his life and sold these anonymously. He used only the proceeds from these to fund his modest resting place.
