History and Historiography

All Dharma Dispatch essays on History and Historiography

Essays

The Dream of a Maulana and the Force-Feeding of Seventh Century Fanaticism

The Dream of a Maulana and the Force-Feeding of Seventh Century Fanaticism

The fourth part of The Dharma Dispatch series on the comprehensive history of the Tablighi Jamaat in India narrates the actual founding of the Tablighi Jamaat by Muhammad Ilyas

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An Invitation to a Deadly Banquet and Half a Century of Ashraf Collaboration with the Colonial British

An Invitation to a Deadly Banquet and Half a Century of Ashraf Collaboration with the Colonial British

The third part of The Dharma Dispatch series on the comprehensive history of the Tablighi Jamaat in India is now at the juncture of the Muslim collaboration with the colonial British

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The Wail Amidst an Imperial Wreckage that Seeded the Tabligh Campaign in Hindustan

The Wail Amidst an Imperial Wreckage that Seeded the Tabligh Campaign in Hindustan

The second part of The Dharma Dispatch series on the comprehensive history of the Tablighi Jamaat in India takes us back to the death of Aurangzeb

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All you Wanted to Know About the Tablighi Jamaat: The Beginning

All you Wanted to Know About the Tablighi Jamaat: The Beginning

The first part of a comprehensive series explaining the origins, rise, spread and consequences of the Tablighi Jamaat

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Episodes from an Oppressive Era: How Hindus Preserved their Dharma Under Shah Jahan’s Tyranny

Episodes from an Oppressive Era: How Hindus Preserved their Dharma Under Shah Jahan’s Tyranny

A series unraveling the truth of Hindu and Sikh persecution under Shah Jahan's regime and the Hindu response thereto

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The Hebbale Inscription: An Unremembered Miniature of Hoysala Service to Sanatana Dharma

The Hebbale Inscription: An Unremembered Miniature of Hoysala Service to Sanatana Dharma

An essay on the civilisational, cultural and spiritual value of the Hebbale Inscription of the Hoysalas

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What the Sufis Really Said: In Their Own Words

What the Sufis Really Said: In Their Own Words

The reality of Sufism in India is extremely dark, violent and fanatical as evidenced by copious volumes of Sufi literature

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History Lessons for Incredible India: The True Meaning of the “Tower of Victory” at Qutub Minar

History Lessons for Incredible India: The True Meaning of the “Tower of Victory” at Qutub Minar

A history essay delineating the real meaning and civilisational significance of Qutub Minar or The Tower of Victory

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How Our Left-Liberal Historians Have Emerged as Clowns in the Pakistani History Establishment

How Our Left-Liberal Historians Have Emerged as Clowns in the Pakistani History Establishment

A simple comparison of history textbooks written by Indian Left-Liberal historians and Pakistani authors is highly revealing

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Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say

Whitewashing the Forced Conversions of Hindus to Islam in Medieval India: Here's What the Primary Records Say

Debunking the whitewashing and distortions of Marxist History about the forced conversions of Hindus into Islam in the medieval Muslim period

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