Begum Samru: The 18th century dancer who grew to rule a principality and rescue the Mughal emperor

Archana Garodia Gupta

· Apr 30, 2019 · 08:30 am

An imaginative Mughal-inspired fantasy novel gives us a layered world and a terrifying antagonist

Ashwitha Jayakumar

· Mar 23, 2019 · 07:30 am

Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire

Scroll Staff

· Dec 31, 2018 · 03:55 pm

Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal

Scroll Staff

· Dec 31, 2018 · 03:54 pm

How old is Lahore? The clues lie in a blend of historical fact and expedient legend

Haroon Khalid

· Dec 15, 2018 · 10:30 am

The Mughals were an integral part of India – so why are they being labelled foreigners?

Parvati Sharma

· Nov 25, 2018 · 07:00 am

An imaginative biography of Jahangir shows how the distant past can be made intimately recognisable

Supriya Nair

· Nov 10, 2018 · 07:00 am

Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

Bahadur Shah Zafar Maaz Bin Bilal

· Nov 07, 2018 · 08:30 am

How Jahangir fought his alcohol addiction and dealt with a threat posed by Akbar’s historian

Parvati Sharma

· Nov 05, 2018 · 08:30 am

A brave and innovative attempt to chronicle the life of Empress Nur Jahan is marred by conjecture

Ruchika Sharma

· Oct 13, 2018 · 07:00 am

How Mihr, the future Empress Noor Jahan and prince Salim, later Emperor Jehangir, fell in love

Ruby Lal

· Sep 03, 2018 · 08:30 am

Lessons from Ghalib: A courtesan’s quest to forge an identity in the twilight of the Mughal empire

Sikeena Karmali

· Jul 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Born of 1857 war, the British legacy of divide and rule still holds sway in India, Pakistan today

Haroon Khalid

· Jun 15, 2018 · 01:00 pm

Renaming Mughal Sarai: Not only Aurangzeb – all Muslim rulers are suspect in Hindutva India

Shoaib Daniyal

· Jun 07, 2018 · 07:30 am

How the women of the Mughal Empire ruled without being monarchs

Supriya Nair

· Jun 02, 2018 · 03:30 pm

Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh’s fight for the throne was entwined with the rivalry of their two sisters

Ira Mukhoty

· May 17, 2018 · 08:30 am

Video: How the Mughal emperors and other Indian royals celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi

Scroll Staff

· Mar 02, 2018 · 04:00 pm

‘Mughlai Wrap’: A hip-hop music video from NID Ahmedabad asks India to stop hating Mughals

Satvika Kundu

· Feb 13, 2018 · 10:00 am

Video: The delicate Christmas-themed Mughal miniatures from the courts of Akbar and Jehangir

Scroll Staff

· Dec 25, 2017 · 02:00 pm

How Mughal history inspired an American professor to weave a fantasy world that rivals Tolkien’s

Blake Smith

· Nov 05, 2017 · 03:30 pm