Aurangajeb,hater of music
The Mogul dynasty ruled ancient India. Akbar was the popular king among them. Similarly, Aurangajeb was the king who was notorious for his cruelty. Aurangajeb was the ardent follower of Islam and thought the people other than muslims are not eligible to live in his kingdom.
He called them as Kafirs(other than muslims) and was posing a tax called Jaziya on them. Hindus were his prays and it is believed that he was making them to forcibly get convert into Islam. Aurangajeb was doing 5 times namaz in a day .
He was not eating anything till he earn his own money. He was having something after he completes copying of Kuran and selling it. Such was his dedication. He was against peoples enjoyment. He banned music and dance in his kingdom. He thought they will divert the attention of people towards God.
One day , as he was taking rest in his room, he heard some noise. Curious as he was, he peeped through window. It was the procession taken by people after the dismissal of a great musician. They were taking the dead body to bury in a procession.
Aurangajeb came to know all of this from a courtier. Suddenly he gave some money to him and said that money must be given to relatives of dead musician. Courtier was very surprised by the behaviour of king. Aurangajeb tells the reason also :" Ask them to dig the ground deep to bury the musician so that the musician can not afford to come up for the next birth also "!
Such was his music hateness.
The Mogul dynasty ruled ancient India. Akbar was the popular king among them. Similarly, Aurangajeb was the king who was notorious for his cruelty. Aurangajeb was the ardent follower of Islam and thought the people other than muslims are not eligible to live in his kingdom.
He called them as Kafirs(other than muslims) and was posing a tax called Jaziya on them. Hindus were his prays and it is believed that he was making them to forcibly get convert into Islam. Aurangajeb was doing 5 times namaz in a day .
He was not eating anything till he earn his own money. He was having something after he completes copying of Kuran and selling it. Such was his dedication. He was against peoples enjoyment. He banned music and dance in his kingdom. He thought they will divert the attention of people towards God.
One day , as he was taking rest in his room, he heard some noise. Curious as he was, he peeped through window. It was the procession taken by people after the dismissal of a great musician. They were taking the dead body to bury in a procession.
Aurangajeb came to know all of this from a courtier. Suddenly he gave some money to him and said that money must be given to relatives of dead musician. Courtier was very surprised by the behaviour of king. Aurangajeb tells the reason also :" Ask them to dig the ground deep to bury the musician so that the musician can not afford to come up for the next birth also "!
Such was his music hateness.
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