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world focus magazine Published this article page no  126 He was killed after losing the war of succession against his brother Aurangzeb. o Battle of Samugarh was decisive struggle in a contest for the throne between the sons (Aurangzeb and Murād Bakhsh on the one side and Dara Shikoh) of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahān after the emperors serious illness in 1657.  He was liberal in outlook and tried to find commonalities between Hindu and Islamic traditions. Contributions to Art and Culture  He translated the Bhagavad Gita as well as Upanishadsfrom their original Sanskrit into Persian in 1657 so that they could be studied by Muslim scholars. o His translation is often called SirreAkbar (The Greatest Mystery) where he states that the work referred to in the Quran is none other than the Upanishads. o MajmaulBahrain a short treatise written in Persian was also devoted to a revelation of the mystical and pluralistic affinities between Sufic and Vedantic speculation.  Dara Shikoh Album is a collection of paintings and calligraphy assembled during 1630s by Dara Shikoh and presented to his wife Nadira Banu Begum in 164142.  He is credited with the commissioning of several exquisite examples of Mughal architecture such as the tomb of his wife Nadira Begum (Lahore) the Shrine of Mian Mir (Lahore) the Dara Shikoh Library (Delhi) the Akhun Mullah Shah Mosque (Srinagar) and the Pari Mahal garden palace (Srinagar)  Some historians argue that Dara Shikoh was the total antithesis of Aurangzeb in that he was deeply syncretic warmhearted and generous  but at the same time he was also an indifferent administrator and ineffectual in the field of battle.  Italian traveller Niccolao Manucci has written down the details of Dara Shikohs death in his book Travels of Manucci world focus magazine buy.

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