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The Rise and Legacy of Murshid Quli Khan: Bengal's Forgotten Founder
In this episode, Lucas and Luna step away from the well-trodden battles and rebellions to trace the unlikely rise of a poor Brahmin boy sold into slavery who became Bengal's most effective ruler. Murshid Quli Khan — born Surya Narayan Mishra, raised as a Persian noble, appointed diwan by Aurangzeb — transformed a war-torn province into a wealthy, stable state. We walk through his reorganisation of the revenue system, his shifting of the capital from Dacca to Murshidabad, and his fraught relationships with both the Mughal emperor and the rising East India Company. We also revisit the…
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