Kaiser Aurangzeb

Aurangzeb Khan

Kaiser Aurangzeb (Ardashir Piroz Aurangzeb al-Osmani-Steffki), born in 1542 in the Elw calendar, was the 99th Kaiser of Shireroth, ruling for two years, from 1557.3730 to 1559.3792 (Elw.ASC). His brief but bloody reign marked the accession of Hawshire-Dura to Shireroth as a Protectorate and a part of Kildare. He survived a revolt by several of the leading feudal magnates by resorting to a Fabian strategy of avoiding giving battle to the rebels, interspersed with the occasional gratuitous use of illegal weapons of mass-destruction, usually deployed by his ISI henchmen from orbit, against hostile civilian population centres and the Island of Amity (the last instance being for the sake of tradition). Contrary to expectations the Kaiser retained control of Shirekeep until the very end of his reign and was able to retire quietly, and in some considerable luxury, after negotiating the sale of the Mango Throne to his successor the Kaiser Leto III.

Early Life

In the year of Aurangzeb's birth father, Ardashir Moqtada al-Osman, had been declared the successor to Duke Hesan after the latter's unfortunate demise in a shooting at the Lycurgus Club in Ardashirshahr. Some are said to be born with a silver spoon in their mouth's, Aurangzeb by contrast was born on a silver serving set - Nilufar's waters broke during a state banquet in Eliriashahr soon after hearing of Duke Hesan's tragic death - and a blanket set upon a silver tray served as his very first cot, and would remain a treasured family heirloom even when life flung him far from the palaces and places of power to which he was accustomed.

On Aurangzeb there then rested the hopes for a Shirerithian branch of the House of Osman that would achieve a place of honour in Babkha's unofficial overseas empire.

This fortunate life was abruptly brought to a close by the eruption of the Kai Aphmyarkaiph, a Hyperborean led revolt against the Babkhi population after the scale of the Babkhan subterfuge in reducing Shireroth to a vassal of the Shahanshah had been revealed.

Imperial Decrees

Imperial Decrees made by this Kaiser: Imperial Decree 399, Imperial Decree 400, Imperial Decree 401, Imperial Decree 402, Imperial Decree 403, Imperial Decree 404, Imperial Decree 405, Imperial Decree 406, Imperial Decree 407, Imperial Decree 408, Imperial Decree 409, Imperial Decree 410, Imperial Decree 411, Imperial Decree 412, Imperial Decree 413, Imperial Decree 414 and Imperial Decree 415.

Preceded by: Gaelen III

Succession of the Shirithian Kaisership 3730 – 3792

Succeeded by: Leto III

Later Life

Imperial and Emirati House of Osman

Kaiser: Aurangzeb - Noor - Ayreon IV Shahanshah: Ardashir - Osman Shahanshah Rulers of Elwynn: Ardashir I - Ardashir II - Aurangzeb - Tokaray al-Osman Progenitor: Sarhang Artaxerxes Patroness: Azardokht al-Osman

Khan of Vijayanagara

Aurangzeb's father, Ardashir Moqtada al-Osmani, declared himself Khan of Vijayanagara in 1534 as an honorific title associated with being Count of the tripartite county of Lesser Zjandaria. After his father, much to his own surprise, passed away from natural causes, Aurangzeb was able to inherit the rule of Lesser Zjandaria and the title of Khan of Vijayanagara.

Scandal in Raspur

Aurangzeb al-Osman and Samira of Raspur

Return to Elwynn

The lingering effects of the scandal embittered the Emir of Raspur towards his brother to the extent that when correspondence was begun in 1581 with a view to establishing a rapprochement between Babkha and independent Elwynn that the offer was made to present the Elwynnese with Aurangzeb's head on a plate by way of reparation. Fortunately for Aurangzeb, this was declined in favour of a formal apology. Nonetheless, it marked a prudent moment to depart the Kingdom in favour of safer climes.

Perhaps counter-intuitively the titular Khan of Vijayanagara elected to relocate his family to the independent Elwynnese Union.

Off-Spring

• Aurangzeb al-Osman the Younger (1579-1612)
• Fatima al-Osman (1581-1612)
• Tokaray al-Osman (1582-)