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Aurangzeb's Slave Generals: The Deccan Turncoats Who Shaped Empire
Aurangzeb's Deccan campaign relied heavily on commanders who had once served the very sultanates he was destroying. This episode zooms in on two remarkable figures: Muhammad Yusuf Rizvi, a Deccani slave soldier who became a Mughal governor, and the enigmatic Husain Beg. We trace how Rizvi — originally a slave of the Qutb Shahi sultan of Golconda — rose to command Mughal armies after his defection. We explore the murky world of Deccani military slavery, where skilled cavalrymen changed sides as readily as they changed uniforms, and ask whether Aurangzeb's trust in these turncoats was…
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