Aurangzeb vs Mei Wending
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Compare the life timelines of Aurangzeb (1618–1707) and Mei Wending (1633–1721) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 74 years, from 1633 to 1707.
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Aurangzeb (1618–1707)
- — Born in Dahod, Gujarat Verified
- — Appointed Viceroy of the Deccan Verified
- — Defeated his brother Dara Shikoh at the Battle of Samugarh Verified
- — Deposed his father Shah Jahan and crowned himself emperor Verified
- — Executed his rival brother Dara Shikoh Verified
- — Reimposed the jizya tax on non-Muslims Verified
- — Spent his final decades campaigning against the Marathas in the Deccan Verified
- — Conquered the Sultanate of Bijapur Verified
- — Conquered the Sultanate of Golconda Verified
- — Died at Ahmednagar in the Deccan Verified
Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified