The involvement of Brahmins in the betrayal of Chhatrapati Sambhaji is papered over by those who demonise the Mughal emperor, ...

It was supposed to stop with Ayodhya. But Kashi, Mathura, Sambhal and a flurry of other mandir-masjid disputes signal a new ...

The grave in question belongs to Aurangzeb Alamgir, the sixth and last great Mughal emperor, and possibly the least favourite ...

This is how Aurangzeb lamented to his son, Azam, in his final days, according to the Mughal emperor's collection of letters, ...

The ghost of Aurangzeb is back to haunt us. A chap who croaked three centuries ago continues his religious line-drawing on a ...

Masir-i-Alamgiri refers to him many times. His closeness to Aurangzeb is underscored by a couple of incidents. —When Aurangzeb’s camp was at Pune, there was an altercation between a eunuch ...

A more detailed description of Auragzeb’s burial is given in Saqi Musta’d Khan’s Maasir-i-Alamgiri, translated into English by historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar. It says, “… According to His Majesty’s ...

In 1707, a few months after Aurangzeb's passing, Udaipuri also passed away. The English translation of Rukkate Alamgiri's "Letters of Aurangzeb" makes reference to this. In a letter to his son Kam ...

Naturally, it is one of Lahore’s most noted and visited monuments. It is located just opposite the Alamgiri Gate of the Lahore Fort. The Hazuri Bagh, the adjoining garden, separates the mosque and the ...