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Aurangzeb's Persian Captives: The Slave Poet and the Lost Princess
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a little-known dimension of Aurangzeb's reign: his Persian captives. After his Deccan campaigns, the emperor brought back thousands of prisoners, including the brilliant poet Talib Amuli and the Safavid princess Khanum Sultan. Lucas explains how these captives were integrated into Mughal court life, with Talib Amuli becoming a celebrated laureate whose ghazals survive to this day. They discuss the unique status of Persian elites in Mughal captivity, the role of poetry and culture as instruments of soft power, and what these stories reveal about…
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