Shah Jahan fell ill in September 1657. His four sonsāDara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, Shah Shuja, and Aurangzebābegan to contest the throne in preparation for his potential death. Aurangzeb was victorious, and in 1658 he dethroned Shah Jahan despite his recovery from illness and confined him in Agra Fort until his death in 1666.
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