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By all accounts, Shahar was greatly loved by the people of
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The idol of her family and the people of
Bijapur, the princess left the city of her birth on 1 July 1679, amidst the wailings of her family and her dear ones to enter her future husband's hated seraglio for it was her willing sacrifice for the welfare of the Bijapuri state. She arrived at the
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Shortly after her marriage, Shahar was induced by her father-in-law, Aurangzeb, to pacify relations between the
Mughals and Bijapur by addressing a letter to Sharza Khan, the new regent of her brother, to dissuade him from throwing his weight behind an alliance with the
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