Cowardice, Servility, Sleaze and Shamelessness: A Brief Profile of Shah Alam II
Shah Alam II, the 11th descendant of Aurangzeb singlehandedly ruined whatever was left of the Mughal Empire. It is a truly deplorable story.
Murshidabad: The City Founded by a Shia Bigot
Muhammad Hadi successfully destroys his assassination plot hatched by Aurangzeb's grandson. He gets the title Murshid Quli Khan and renames the city of Makhsudabad as Murshidabad.
Murshid Quli Khan: The Brahmana who Founded Murshidabad
The first episode of a comprehensive history of Murshid Quli Khan, Aurangzeb's confidant and the first Nawab of Bengal
The Chilling Parallels Between the Mughal Dynasty and the Congress Dynasty: The Foreign Element
This is the first part of a series exploring the scary similarities between the Mughal dynasty and the Nehru dynasty.
Arabs, Abyssinians, and Constantinople Turks: Muhammad Shah's Delhi as a Haven of Imported Islamic Mercenaries
The shoe-seller's riot of 1729 reveals several disturbing aspects of Muhammad Shah's reign. Imported Muslim mercenaries of the Arab, Abyssinian and Turkish stock had acquired frightful levels of brute power on the street.
What the Deadly Riot of Delhi Shoe-Sellers in 1729 Reveals about the True Character of Mughal Decline
The forgotten Delhi Shoe-Sellers' Riot of 1729 throws a stark and informative light on the real extent of the decay of the Mughal Empire under Muhammad Shah. It also reveals substantial details of the nature of the Muslim society of that period.
What Maharaja Sambhaji’s Unknown Sanskrit Letter Said: Let us Capture Emperor Aurangzeb Himself!
A historical essay about a largely unknown letter written by Shivaji's son Sambhaji in Sanskrit
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