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Aurangzeb's Deccan War: The Siege of Golconda
In 1687, Aurangzeb's armies surrounded Golconda, the last great Deccan sultanate and home of the fabled Koh-i-Noor diamond. This episode digs into the eight-month siege that broke the Qutb Shahi dynasty — the tunnels, the bribes, the famine, and the moment a traitor opened the gates. We trace the military engineering of Mughal siegecraft, the role of the Habshi general Sidi Masud, and the aftermath that saw Golconda's wealth flow to Delhi. Along the way, we meet the poet-king Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, whose love for a courtesan became legend, and the French merchant Jean-Baptiste…
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