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Aurangzeb's Secret Police and the Intelligence Network
While previous episodes explored Aurangzeb’s legal codes, coinage, and military campaigns, this episode turns inward to the machinery of control that held his vast empire together: the secret police and intelligence network. We examine the role of the Barids, the Imperial Spies, and the complex web of informants known as khufia-nawis who reported directly to the throne from every corner of Hindustan. Through the lens of Bhimsen Saxena’s chronicles and the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, we uncover how Aurangzeb used surveillance not just to crush rebellion, but to manage a bureaucracy rife with corruption…
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