Dara Shikoh

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Islamic scholar Mughal prince Sufi intellectual crown prince of the Mughal Empire translator

Dara Shikoh was a 17th-century Mughal prince and intellectual known for his efforts to promote religious syncretism between Islam and Hinduism, particularly through his translations of Hindu scriptures into Persian.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Muhammad Dara Shikoh	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar ⓘ Mughal prince ⓘ Sufi intellectual ⓘ crown prince of the Mughal Empire ⓘ translator ⓘ
birthDate	1615-03-20 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ajmer-Merwara ⓘ surface form: Ajmer Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire Rajasthan ⓘ
burialPlace	Humayun's Tomb ⓘ
causeOfDeath	execution ⓘ
conflict	Mughal War of Succession ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1659-08-30 ⓘ
deathPlace	Delhi ⓘ Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	Timurid dynasty ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
father	Shah Jahan NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	Dara Shikoh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Muhammad Dara Shikoh
house	House of Babur ⓘ
influencedBy	Hinduism ⓘ surface form: Hindu philosophy Ibn Arabi ⓘ Mian Mir ⓘ Sarmad Kashani ⓘ Vedanta ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Persian ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	beheading ⓘ
mother	Mumtaz Mahal ⓘ
movement	Islamic–Hindu dialogue ⓘ religious syncretism ⓘ
nobleFamily	Mughal dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea	equivalence of Sufi metaphysics and Vedanta ⓘ unity of religions ⓘ
notableWork	Safinat-ul-Auliya ⓘ surface form: Hasanat-ul-Arifin Majma-ul-Bahrain ⓘ Risala-i-Haq Numa ⓘ Safinat-ul-Auliya ⓘ Safinat-ul-Auliya ⓘ surface form: Sakinat-ul-Auliya Sirr-i-Akbar ⓘ
opponent	Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	heir apparent to the Mughal throne ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ Sufism ⓘ
sibling	Aurangzeb NERFINISHED ⓘ Murad Bakhsh NERFINISHED ⓘ Shah Shuja NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Nadira Banu Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ
translatedWork	Bhagavad Gita ⓘ Upanishads ⓘ Yoga Vasistha ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khurram → child → Dara Shikoh ⓘ

Mumtaz Mahal → child → Dara Shikoh ⓘ

Shah Jahan → child → Dara Shikoh ⓘ

Dara Shikoh → fullName → Dara Shikoh self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammad Dara Shikoh

Aurangzeb → sibling → Dara Shikoh ⓘ