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Aurangzeb's Persian Letters: The Emperor's Private Voice
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a rarely examined facet of Aurangzeb's reign: his personal correspondence. Drawing on the collection known as the Ruqaat-i-Alamgiri, Lucas shares the emperor's own words on governance, piety, and war. They discuss Aurangzeb's letters to his son Bahadur Shah, offering advice on statecraft and humility, and to his former tutor, expressing regret over the execution of Sambhaji. Lucas also reads a striking letter where Aurangzeb compares the Mughal court to a bazaar of lies. The conversation touches on the Persian epistolary tradition, the…
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