In “Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India’s Most Controversial King,” Audrey Truschke, of Rutgers University, re-examines the evidence and questions the severity of the verdict. Ross Leckie, his reviewer supports his argument: British mercantile greed.

Yet today Aurangzeb is remembered for razing Hindu temples, forcibly converting nonbelievers and banning music outright. The Last Mughal is a revelatory workthe first to present the Indian perspective on the fall of Delhiand has as its heart both the dazzling capital personified by Zafar and the stories of the individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in history. Keywords: The Last Mughal, Delhi, East India Company, Sepoys, Historical. His son, Aurangzeb, the last of the so-called great Mughal emperors, whose reign spanned nearly 50 years (1658-1707), enlarged the empire’s borders to their furthest extent. Preview The Last Mughalby William Dalrymple The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple 4.17 Rating details 7,277 ratings 620 reviews On a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosure. Our knowledge of history is fragmented and often reliant on tales that are told by people several decades or even centuries after an event has happened. The first Mughal emperor, Babur, wrested power from the Lodi dynasty in 1526 and wrote one of the world’s outstanding memoirs the second, Humayun, rallied from defeat and exile to restore Mughal sovereignty in 1555 the third, Akbar, promoted an exemplary religious syncretism, abolishing the poll tax for non-Muslims in 1564 the fourth, Jahangir, was Mughal portraiture’s keenest patron and connoisseur and the fifth, Shah Jahan, built Delhi’s Red Fort and the Taj Mahal. The Last Mughal by William Dalrymple is an extraordinary gathering of detailed information about a time we know so little about. Winner Of The Duff Cooper Prize For History 2007Bahadur Shah Zafar Ii, The Last Mughal Emperor, Was A Mystic, A Talented Poet, And A Skilled Calligrapher.

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