Aurangzeb
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Open Thread – 4/22/2022 – Brown Pundits
What’s going on? Some Twitter controversy around Aurangzeb.
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The Confluence of Two Seas: India and Arabia
The author opens with Dara Shikoh’s treatise on the similarities of Hinduism and Islam and his execution under Aurangzeb, then sets out to tell the story of Arabia before and…
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Reflections on Nadir Shah’s exploits in India
Marking the 280th anniversary of Nadir Shah’s sack of Delhi, the author argues it shows the perils of a weak state, coming only 32 years after Aurangzeb’s death, when six…
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Book Review: The Era of Bajirao
Nachiketa reviews Uday Kulkarni’s The Era of Bajirao, praising a document-grounded account of the Peshwa’s rise, his rivalry with Nizam-ul-Mulk, his debts and his strained dealings with Shahu, as a…
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Haunted by history
Razib Khan compares how Genghis Khan is remembered, as a hero in Mongolia and a prestigious ancestor to Muslim dynasties despite mass destruction, with attitudes to Aurangzeb, asking how historical…
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Last Will of Guru Gobind and Emperor Aurangzeb
Reposts from a blog the Zafarnama, Guru Gobind Singh’s Persian letter to Aurangzeb, alongside Aurangzeb’s last will, with comments on the contrast between the two, and links to the original…
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Review: The War of the Three Gods
