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# Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A very insightful book by a respected scholar
*by R***L on 10 December 2023*

A great insight into the time the place and Aurangzeb himself.Highly recommended a fantastic book much respect to Audrey Truschke.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aurangzeb - a great ruler
*by H***N on 7 May 2018*

I am extremely sceptical in taking Muslim history from Western authors due to the misrepresentation of history by Western orientalists. However, this book is a fair reflection/analysis of the life of Aurangzeb. It is well researched and shows that Aurangzeb was not a zealot as most right-wing Hindu extremists and many Westerners who distort history have portrayed him. He was a fair king, under his rule there was no religious suppression and Hindus were more than well represented in administration, more than in Akbar’s time. Aurangzeb only destroyed 12 temples – due to extremists plotting against the government and storing weapons in these places. He restored and replenished temples and gave full religious rights to the citizens of India. He was a pious man and who did not take from the state and earned his own living by knitting and selling caps and writing calligraphy.The author at the start of the books fails to encapsulate the humility of Aurangzeb, when the author quotes “He saw his life as failure.” Every pious Muslim will see their life as failure as a pious Muslim seeks the Mercy of God – Mercy of God is sought through humbleness; all human beings make mistakes and he is asking God to forgive him.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well researched concise  biography of Aurengzaib
*by M***F on 6 September 2020*

A Good good book all in all. Well researched and easy to read. More an analysis of the life of Emperor Aurengzaib (looking at different aspects of his reign) than a traditional chronological biography but gives a good overview of the man and his times .I have to say I was disappointed with the length of the book for the price , the biography was less than 100 pages. for a guy who live 80+ years and half a century as the leader of the most powerful empire perhaps anywhere on earth at the time I feel more could have been written . But it does give a reader a glimpse in to the different facets of his life. Much needed to counter the bigoted nationalist pseudoscholarsip that often surrounds the man. I would also recommend watching lectures given on the subject by the author Audrey Truschke on youtube.Finally a minor point, in the book the author suggest that Aurengzaib was not a devout orthodox Muslim but he was a Sufi. It's surprising with someone of that level of scholarship to be unaware that in historic India (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) and more generally across the Muslim world , being Sufi is the default orthodox Muslim position, and at the time of Aurengzaib this was the case even more so.

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- Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King
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