How Aurangzeb used Islam not to erase empire, but to discipline it
In this extract from Munis D Faruqui’s Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir and the Mughal Empire: A History Retold, the UC Berkeley historian explains how Alamgir — Aurangzeb’s regnal title, meaning “world-seizer” — used personal piety to reshape Mughal kingship, court culture and imperial authority
In this extract from Munis D Faruqui’s Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir and the Mughal Empire: A History Retold, the UC Berkeley historian explains how Alamgir — Aurangzeb’s regnal title, meaning “world-seizer” — used personal piety to reshape Mughal kingship, court culture and imperial authority
