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Aurangnagar
is, with some certainty, identified with Mulher, the capital of the state of
Baglana. The royal house of Baglana was a Rathor family, claiming descent from
the royal house of ancient Qanuj. The Raja, Bairam Shāh, after
withstanding a protracted siege at Mulher, surrendered in 1638 to the Mughals.
After his death, his son embraced Islām and became a loyal servant to the
emperor Aurangzeb. For some intervals Mulher had been in the hands of Shivaji,
but remained most of the time under the Mughals. In 1724 when Niẕam
al-Mulk declared the Deccan independent from Delhi. Baglana was then under a
governor and Mulher under a commandant both appointed by the Niẕam. In
1760 the Peshwas invaded the country and the Niẕam negotiated a
settlement by which the district of Baglana was ceded to the Marathas.