October 21, 2001 The fabled jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad are on display at the National Museum New Delhi. The family who collected them were not known for their wealth in the city of their origin, Samarqand. The treasures were collected in India. They were of such magnitude that the last Nizam, 9th in… Continue reading Khwaja A’abid, First of the Nizam Family to serve in India
October 24, 2001 An immigrant from Samarqand, Mir Shahabuddin, rose to high rank and won the title Ghaziuddin Khan Bahadur Firoz Jung. (The warrior for the Faith and victorious in battle commanding general.) Despite becoming blind he retained command his service ended only at his death. What was the cause of this remarkable success?
October 23rd, 2001 Up until the 18th Century India was the desired destination of those with talent skills ambition and courage. We talk of an immigrant from Samarqand who rose to high rank and made such a mark that he continued to command an army an administer a province although he became blind in an… Continue reading Awrungzeyb’s Blind General (Aurangzeb)
July 29th, 2001 When empires collapse and disintegrate historians, like schoolmasters correcting tutorial essays award grades to rulers. The British chroniclers of Indian history pronounced judgement on the House of Amir Timur (Teymour : Tamerlane, or the iron man with a game leg). The first six Emperors to rule India, Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah… Continue reading Why Awrungzeyb was not a “Great” Mughal [Arungzeb]
