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Also Known As ʿAlī Gauhar
Born June 15, 1728 • Delhi • India
Died November 10, 1806 (aged 78) • Delhi • India
House / Dynasty Mughal dynasty
Notable Family Members father ʿĀlamgīr II
Jahāngīr
Jahāngīr
emperor of India
Muḥammad Shah
Mughal emperor
Aḥmad Shah
Mughal emperor
Bahādur Shāh II
Bahādur Shāh II
Mughal emperor
Akbar
Akbar
Mughal emperor
Bābur
Bābur
Mughal emperor
Aurangzeb
Aurangzeb
Mughal emperor
Humāyūn
Humāyūn
Mughal emperor
Bahādur Shah I
Mughal emperor
Sir Jadunath Sarkar
Indian historian
Shah Jahān
Shah Jahān
Mughal emperor
ʿĀlamgīr II
ʿĀlamgīr II
Mughal emperor
Sayyid Husain Bilgrami
Indian political leader
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Candidus
Greek theologian
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian writer

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