“Aurangzeb’s contemporaries included such kings as Charles II of England, Louis XIV of France, and Sultan Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire. 𝗡𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 ‘𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆.”
Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth, by Audrey Truschke
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