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Events in January 1681 5
1681Prince Akbar rebels against AurangzebMughal prince allies with the Rajputs against his fatherPrince Muhammad Akbar, a son of the emperor Aurangzeb, declared himself emperor with Rajput support during the war in Rajputana. The revolt collapsed and Akbar fled to the Maratha court of Sambhaji, which drew Aurangzeb south into the Deccan for the rest of his reign.
1681Prince Akbar rebels against AurangzebMughal prince allies with the Rajputs against his fatherPrince Muhammad Akbar, a son of the emperor Aurangzeb, declared himself emperor with Rajput support during the war in Rajputana. The revolt collapsed and Akbar fled to the Maratha court of Sambhaji, which drew Aurangzeb south into the Deccan for the rest of his reign.
1681Treaty of Bakhchisarai signedRussia, the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate end a five-year warThe treaty, signed on 3 January 1681, ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1676-1681 and established a twenty-year truce. It fixed the Dnieper River as the boundary between Russian and Ottoman spheres of influence and left the steppe between them unsettled. The agreement also implicitly recognised Russian authority over left-bank Ukraine.
1681Sambhaji crowned Chhatrapati of the Maratha EmpireShivaji's eldest son takes the Maratha throneSambhaji was formally crowned at Raigad, ending the succession dispute that followed his father Shivaji's death in 1680. His reign was spent largely at war with the Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb.
1681Sambhaji crowned Chhatrapati of the Maratha EmpireShivaji's eldest son takes the Maratha throneSambhaji was formally crowned at Raigad, ending the succession dispute that followed his father Shivaji's death in 1680. His reign was spent largely at war with the Mughal Empire under Aurangzeb.