1. Bidar Bakht was appointed viceroy of Aurangabad and then of Malwa alongside it.
20 Facts About Bidar Bakht
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Bidar Bakht constantly had to suppress uprisings and beat off incursions from neighbouring states.
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Bidar Bakht was named Bidar Bakht by Emperor Aurangzeb, his paternal grandfather.
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Bidar Bakht's mother was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Crown Prince Dara Shikoh, the deceased eldest son and heir-apparent of the previous emperor, Shah Jahan.
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Aurangzeb showed marks of exceptional love to Azam and Jahanzeb and to Prince Bidar Bakht, lavishing gifts on all three.
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Bidar Bakht belonged to the Ben-i-Mukhtar family which enjoyed great respect among Muslims.
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Bidar Bakht had always showed affection and favour to Shams-un-Nisa, who seems to have been proud and imperious.
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In 1688, the Emperor sent the 17-year-old Prince Bidar Bakht to assume supreme command in the Jat War.
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Bidar Bakht managed to conquer many forts including Tarkand, Navalkhand, Khelna, as well as Sinsani.
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In 1699 the Emperor sent urgent orders to Bidar Bakht to pursue and defeat the hostile force of Chhatrapati Rajaram at Surat, in the imperial territory.
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Bidar Bakht was already the viceroy of Aurangabad and kept that position with his new appointment.
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Bidar Bakht had to shift from Malwa to Khandesh or vice versa as the situation demanded, regarding the tribute which reached Agra from the northern provinces and had to put down the local uprisings of the Bhils and Kolis.
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Bidar Bakht appointed Jai Singh II of Amber, his trusted assistant, to escort the tribute and to act as his deputy in Malwa.
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Bidar Bakht appointed Khan Alam instead and ordered that no Rajput was to be appointed as a provincial governor or garrison commander.
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Bidar Bakht was ordered to go to Sansani, a fort near Bharatpur, which had recently been taken by the Jats and to recapture it.
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Bidar Bakht then went to Dhar to meet his father, angering the Emperor for not having returned to Burhanpur to hunt for the Marathas.
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The province of Gujarat was invaded by the Marathas and the Emperor summarily ordered Bidar Bakht to start for Gujarat immediately.
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Bidar Bakht sent a force against Durgadas who fled to the broken Koli country, south of Surat.
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Prince Bidar Bakht was informed about the death of the emperor by his father Azam Shah who was proclaimed as the new Mughal emperor.
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On hearing the news of his grandfathers demise Bidar Bakht was overwhelmed with grief.