“The ‘Masir-i-Alamgiri’ presents an authentic and accurate account of Aurangzeb’s Bigotry—Don’t let authors like Audrey Truschke convince you otherwise”, Swarajyamag, March 8, 2025:

“To understand Aurangzeb’s motivations, will you believe an author who spent his whole life in Mughal service and worked closely under Aurangzeb for 22 years, or will you believe Audrey Truschke, who was born about 250 plus years after Aurangzeb’s death?

This remarkable work covers one of the most important and turbulent periods in Indian history. A period which saw a surge in Islamic atrocities under Aurangzeb, which lasted for fifty long years, and which, by the time of Aurangzeb’s death, left the country devastated.

Even though he imposed jizya as per the Quranic directive, his treasury was emptied by the 27 years ghazat (holy war) with the Marathas. His sons were ‘emperors in waiting’ for at least two decades, and by the time Bahadur Shah I took the throne in 1707, he was 64 years old (b. 1643 CE)……”

Read the full article at Swarajyamag.com