Aurangzeb, an haife shi Muhi al-Din Muhammad a shekara ta 1618, shi ne Sarkin Mughal na shida, wanda ya yi mulki daga 1658 har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekara ta 1707. Mulkinsa ya kara fadada daular Mughal sosai, wanda ya sa ta zama mafi girma a
tarihin Indiya , tare da yankin da ya kunshi kusan daukacin nahiyar.An san Aurangzeb ne saboda bajintar soja, inda ya rike mukamai daban-daban na gudanarwa da na soja kafin ya hau kan karagar mulki.Mulkinsa ya ga daular Mughal ta zarce
Qing China a matsayin kasa mafi karfin tattalin arziki da karfin masana'antu a duniya.Hawan Aurangzeb kan karagar mulki ya biyo bayan yakin neman gado da dan uwansa Dara Shikoh, wanda mahaifinsu Shah Jahan ya fifita.Bayan tabbatar da karagar mulki, Aurangzeb ya daure Shah Jahan kuma ya kashe abokan hamayyarsa, ciki har da Dara Shikoh.Ya kasance musulmi mai kishin addini, wanda ya shahara da goyon bayan tsarin gine-ginen addinin musulunci da ilimi, da kuma aiwatar da Fatawa 'Alamgiri a matsayin ka'idar doka ta daular, wacce ta haramta ayyukan da Musulunci ya haramta.Yaƙin neman zaɓe na soja na Aurangzeb ya yi yawa da kuma buri, da nufin ƙarfafa ikon Mughal a faɗin yankin Indiya.Ɗaya daga cikin manyan nasarorin da ya samu na soja shi ne mamaye daular Deccan Sultanates.Tun daga shekara ta 1685, Aurangzeb ya mayar da hankalinsa zuwa ga yankin Deccan mai arziki da dabaru.Bayan da aka dade ana gwabza fada da fadace-fadace, ya yi nasarar hade Bijapur a shekara ta 1686 da Golconda a shekarar 1687, inda ya mayar da yankin Deccan gaba daya karkashin ikon Mughal.Waɗannan yaƙe-yaƙe sun faɗaɗa daular Mughal zuwa mafi girman yankinta kuma sun nuna ƙudurin soja na Aurangzeb.Koyaya, manufofin Aurangzeb game da batutuwan Hindu sun kasance tushen cece-kuce.A shekara ta 1679, ya maido da harajin jizya kan wadanda ba musulmi ba, manufar da kakansa Akbar ya soke.Wannan yunkuri, tare da kokarinsa na tabbatar da dokokin Musulunci da kuma lalata wasu gidajen ibada na Hindu, an bayyana shi a matsayin shaida na rashin hakuri da addini Aurangzeb.Masu suka suna jayayya cewa waɗannan manufofin sun nisanta batutuwan Hindu kuma sun ba da gudummawa ga faduwar daular Mughal daga ƙarshe.Magoya bayansa, sun lura cewa Aurangzeb kuma ya kula da al'adun Hindu ta hanyoyi daban-daban kuma ya dauki mabiya Hindu aiki a cikin gwamnatinsa fiye da kowane magabata.Mulkin Aurangzeb kuma ya sami alamar tawaye da tashe-tashen hankula masu yawa, wanda ke nuni da ƙalubalen gudanar da mulki mai faɗi da yawa.Rikicin Maratha, wanda Shivaji da magajinsa suka jagoranta, ya kasance da damuwa musamman ga Aurangzeb.Duk da tura wani kaso mai yawa na sojojin Mughal da kuma sadaukar da sama da shekaru ashirin ga yakin, Aurangzeb ya kasa cin nasara kan Marathas.Dabarunsu na 'yan tawaye da zurfin sanin yankin yankin sun ba su damar ci gaba da adawa da ikon Mughal, wanda a ƙarshe ya kai ga kafa
ƙungiyar Maratha mai ƙarfi.A cikin shekarun mulkinsa, Aurangzeb ya fuskanci adawa daga wasu kungiyoyi daban-daban, ciki har da Sikhs karkashin Guru Tegh Bahadur da Guru Gobind Singh, Pashtuns, da Jats.Wadannan rikice-rikice sun zubar da baitul malin Mughal tare da raunana karfin sojan daular.Yunkurin da Aurangzeb ya yi na sanya tsarin addinin Musulunci da fadada daularsa ta hanyar cin galaba a kan soji daga karshe ya haifar da tarzoma tare da ba da gudummawa ga raunin daular bayan mutuwarsa.Mutuwar Aurangzeb a shekara ta 1707 ita ce ƙarshen zamanin daular Mughal.Tsawon mulkin da ya yi ya kasance da gagarumin mamayar sojoji, da kokarin aiwatar da shari'ar Musulunci, da kuma cece-kuce kan yadda yake mu'amala da wadanda ba musulmi ba.Yakin maye gurbin da ya biyo bayan mutuwarsa ya kara raunana kasar Mughal, wanda ya kai ga koma bayanta a hankali a gaban masu tasowa irin su Marathas,
Kamfanin British East India Company , da kuma wasu jahohin yanki daban-daban.Duk da gaurayawan kima na mulkinsa, Aurangzeb ya kasance jigo a tarihin yankin Indiya, wanda ke nuna zenith da farkon durkushewar ikon daular Mughal.