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Tuzk-e-JahangiriJahangir held a globe in his hand in 1614, a symbol of his global ambitions, yet he was far more interested in the details of the world around him than in…
AkbarnamaIn the year 1590, a single manuscript volume was completed that would eventually become the most expensive book in the world, not for its gold or jewels, but…
BaburnamaIn the quiet pages of a sixteenth-century memoir, a ruler confesses a secret that would have shattered his reputation had it been known to his contemporaries.
Fatawa 'AlamgiriIn the year 1664, the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir initiated a project that would fundamentally reshape the legal and social fabric of South Asia for the…