Love for the World and Patriotism

Dara Shikoh Shah Jahan’s eldest son was endowed with many apparent andinherent qualities. Seeing his intelligence and innovative thinking Shah Jahanhad practically handed over the management of the realm to him. Unlike otherprinces who were employed as rulers in the border provinces of the empireDara Shikoh stayed at the capital and carried out his duties with the help of hisadvisors. He was trained rigorously to make a worthy experienced ruler but it isregrettable that neither the country nor the community benefitted much from it.Historians believe that if Dara Shikoh had become the emperor in place ofAurangzeb he would have contributed much more to the glory of the empire.This opinion is debatable because usually people speak highly of those who arealready dead. But it is not too difficult to see that this carries some element oftruth too.