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Aurangzeb's Ramadan: The Sultan of Fasting at War
In the year 1703, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, aged eighty-five and deep in the Deccan wars, observed Ramadan with a ferocity that stunned his court. This episode of Fexingo History follows the emperor through the holy month: his pre-dawn meals, his daylight fasts, his night prayers, and the strange spectacle of a king at war who refused to break his fast even as cannonballs flew. We explore the practicalities of imperial fasting—how the royal kitchen adjusted, how soldiers coped, and how Aurangzeb's piety shaped the rhythms of an army on campaign. Along the way, we meet the chronicler…
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