Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded, built over the place where Guru Gobind Singh was cremated in 1708, the inner chamber is still called Angitha Sahib.
Aurangzeb died in 1707, and immediately a succession struggle began between his sons who attacked each other.[81] The official successor was Bahadur Shah, who invited Guru Gobind Singh with his army to meet him in person in the Deccan region of India, for a reconciliation but Bahadur Shah then delayed any discussions for months.[62][81]
Wazir Khan, a Muslim army commander against whose army the Guru had fought several wars,[71] commissioned two Afghans, Jamshed Khan and Wasil Beg, to follow the Guru's army as it moved for the meeting with Bahadur Shah, and then assassinate the Guru. The two secretly pursued the Guru whose troops were in the Deccan area of India, and entered the camp when the Sikhs had been stationed near river Godavari for months.[82] They gained access to the Guru and Jamshed Khan stabbed him with a fatal wound at Nanded.[62][83] Some scholars state that the assassin who killed Guru Gobind Singh may not have been sent by Wazir Khan, but was instead sent by the Mughal army that was staying nearby.[71]
According to Senapati's Sri Gur Sobha, an early 18th century writer, the fatal wounds of the Guru was one below his heart. The Guru fought back and killed the assassin, while the assassin's companion was killed by the Sikh guards as he tried to escape.[82]
The Guru died of his wounds a few days later on 7 October 1708[84] His death fueled a long and bitter war of the Sikhs with the Mughals.[8