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The Mughal Prince Who Ruled Bengal: Shah Shuja's Forgotten Kingdom
In 1639, the Mughal prince Shah Shuja arrived in Bengal as its new governor. But as the Mughal war of succession erupted in 1657, Shuja declared himself emperor, minted his own coins, and turned Bengal into a rival empire. For three years, he ruled from Rajmahal and Dhaka, fighting his brother Aurangzeb in a bloody civil war that ended with Shuja's mysterious disappearance in the jungles of Arakan. This episode traces Shuja's governorship, his patronage of art and architecture (including the Shah Shuja Mosque in Dhaka), his friendship with the French physician François Bernier, and…
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