![]() ![]() ![]() Dara, the eldest, was the designated heir Shuja was the Governor of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa Aurangzeb covered the provence of Deccan and Murad oversaw Gujarat and Malwa. In 1658, the four sons of Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor, all laid claim to the throne when Jahan fell ill. Ultimately, Pērōz killed Hormīzd and took the throne. In 457, Pērōz became involved in a bitter two year battle against his brother, Hormīzd III, emperor of the Sassanid Dynasty (think pre-Islamic Persia). Three years later, Cyrus was killed in battle during a failed attempt to oust his brother. ![]() When Plutarch wrote about the childhood of the sons of Darius II of Persia, Artaxerxes and Cyrus the Younger, he said that "Cyrus, from his earliest youth, showed something of a headstrong and vehement character Artaxerxes, on the other side, was gentler in everything, and of a nature more yielding and soft in its action." Artaxerxes ascended the throne to become King of Persia in 404 BC, and Cyrus began plotting his brother's assassination soon after. ![]() Cain was likely motivated by jealousy: He murdered his brother after Abel's offering was looked upon favorably by God, while Cain's was not. The Book of Genesis says that Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve, killed his brother Abel, the second son. ![]()
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