The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh In Mughal India Supriya Gandhi Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

The Definitive Biography Of Eldest Son Emperor Shah Jahan Whose Death At Hands His Younger Brother Aurangzeb Changed Course South Asian History Dara Shukoh Was Fifth Mughal Best Known For Commissioning Taj Mahal As A Mausoleum Beloved Wife Mumtaz Although Mughals Did Not Practice Primogeniture Sufi Who Studied Hindu Thought Presumed Heir To Throne And Prepared Himself Be India’s Next Ruler In This Exquisite Narrative Most Comprehensive Ever Written Supriya Gandhi Draws On Archival Sources Tell Story Four Brothers—Dara Shuja Murad Aurangzeb—Who With Their Older Sister Jahanara Begum Clashed During War Succession Emerging Victorious Executed Brothers Jailed Father Became Sixth Last Great After Aurangzeb’s Reign Empire Began Disintegrate Endless Battles Rival Rulers Depleted Royal Coffers Until By End Seventeenth Century Europeans Would Start Gaining Foothold Along Edges Subcontinent Historians Have Long Wondered Whether Crumbled When It Allowing European Traders Seize Control India If Had Ascended Many Asia Is Scholastic Bigot Imposed Strict Form Islam Alienated Non-Muslim Subjects Contrast Mythologized Poet Mystic Gandhi’s Nuanced Gives Us More Complex Revealing Portrait Prince Than We Σελίδες: 352 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0107 Διαστάσεις: 15 6X15 6Cm