Mirza period of the Baburid ruler Shah Alamgir (Aurangzeb)'s (1618-1658)

The Baburids is the last big representative of the Turkish presence in India. Shah Alamgir was last biggest ruler with reign that last almost half century. Muhammed Aurangzeb was born in Dohad at 1618 who was going to be sixth sultan of Baburid State. He was e pledge as a result of his father Mirza Hürrem's unsuccesful rebellion attempt. Aurangzeb has been delivered to his grandfather Shah Jahangir as a pledge. He received the title of Bahadur for his bravery against the elephant named Sudakar in the elephant fight in 1633. He went on a succesful campaingn against Cuchar Sing Bundela of Bundelkent Raja when he was 18 in 1635. Although he had shown a nominal command, this was his first campaingn. He was the first governor of Deccan from 1636 to 1644. Right after, he was appointed to the governorship of Gujarat, where he had stayed for two years. He was appointed to the campaingn to take Belh lands which belongs ancestral heritage of the Bukhara Khanete. He was appointed governor of Multan in 1648. He tried to retake Kandahar from the Safavids twice, however was unsuccesful in 1649 and 1652. In 1652, he was appointed governor of Deccan for the second time. In this governorship, he carried out a succesful campaingn against the Golkonda Sultanate in 1655. In 1657, he attacked the lands of the Bijapur Sultanate and captured Bider and Kalyani. In the same year, Shah Jahan's father got sick right after Mirzas War has started. This succesion war; he won the battles of Darmath, Samugarh, Hajwa and Ajmer. And he got title of ''Alamgir'' and then become the sole Ruler of the State. In ours study we worked on Alamgir's Mirzas period. Our study is devided in three main chapter by useing main sources that age. In first chapter we handle the subject starting bu his birth, his childhood, his education, with his siblings. In chapter two we handle the subject military campaign and governorship. In chapter three, the war of the mirzas, which started with the illness of his father, Shah Cihan, and finally his ascending the throne were handled.