    abul muzaffar muhi-ud-din mohammad aurangzeb, (4 november 1618 â 3 march 1707) commonly known as aurangzeb alamgir and by his imperial title alamgir ("world-seizer or universe-seizer") was the sixth mughal emperor and ruled over most of the indian subcontinent. his reign lasted for 49 years from 1658 until his death in 1707. aurangzeb was a notable expansionist and during his reign, the mughal empire reached its greatest extent. he was among the wealthiest of the mughal rulers with an annual yearly tribute of Â£38,624,680 (in 1690). he was a pious muslim, and his policies partly abandoned the legacy of akbar's secularism, which remains a very controversial aspect of his reign. during his lifetime, victories in the south expanded the mughal empire to more than 3.2&nbsp;million square kilometres and he ruled over a population estimated as being in the range of 100â150&nbsp;million subjects. however, his wars led to the exhaustion of the imperial mughal treasury and death of approximately 4.6 million people, mostly civilians. he was a strong and effective ruler, but with his death the great period of the mughal empire came to an end, and central control of the sub-continent declined rapidly. ==early life== [[file:shujaaurganzebmurad.jpg|thumb|upright|a painting from circa 1637 shows the brothers (left to right) shah shuja
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