Aurangzeb, to verify Shahjahan's death, had his men press a hot iron rod to Shahjahan's corpse, and if the body didn't react to that, then pierce the skull down to the throat to make sure he was dead. Didn't allow burial till he arrived in Agra from Delhi, and pretended to cry at the funeral.

Aurangzeb, to verify Shahjahan's death, had his men press a hot iron rod to Shahjahan's corpse, and if the body didn't react to that, then pierce the skull down to the throat to make sure he was dead. Didn't allow burial till he arrived in Agra from Delhi, and pretended to cry at the funeral.