Asifiqbal

“(it is striking that when slavery was abolished, the British government paid compensation, not to the men and women so inhumanely pressed into bondage, but to their former owners, for their ‘loss of property’!)”
― Shashi Tharoor, An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India

“O King, may the world bow to your command; May lips drip with expressions of thanks and salutations; Since it is your spirit that watches over the people, Wherever you are, may God watch over you! —Chandar Bhan Brahman, a Hindu Persian-medium poet in Aurangzeb’s employ”
― Audrey Truschke, Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth

“I wish you to recollect that the greatest conquerors are not always the greatest kings. The nations of the earth have often been subjugated by mere uncivilized barbarians, and the most extensive conquests have, in a few short years, crumbled to pieces. He is the truly great king who makes it the chief business of his life to govern his subjects with equity. —Aurangzeb,”
― Audrey Truschke, Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth

“Aurangzeb Shah is a brave and powerful king’ (mardano aur mahabali aurangasahi naranda).”
― Audrey Truschke, Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth