‘Was repeatedly advised against writing on Aurangzeb, but I tried to be dispassionate’
After nearly three decades of archival research, Munis D Faruqui, professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, has written ‘Aurangzeb Alamgir and the Mughal Empire’. In an interview with fellow historian William Dalrymple, Faruqui discusses his reassessment of the most polarising figure in South Asian history
After nearly three decades of archival research, Munis D Faruqui, professor of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, has written ‘Aurangzeb Alamgir and the Mughal Empire’. In an interview with fellow historian William Dalrymple, Faruqui discusses his reassessment of the most polarising figure in South Asian history
