12-08-2006, 03:56 AM
Anyone read the book "Aurangazeb:Attitudes and Inclination: By Dr Rekha Joshi Mishra?
What I found was that A's mother was Shia as was Dara's mother. Yet A was responsible for destroying Bijapur and Golkonda the two biggest Shia Kingdoms in India. Was A driven to prove he was more beloved of the Sunni ulema and thus went about the conquest? If you recall Iran's Safavid dynasty was just establishing the Shiaism as state religion. Were the Sunni ulema fearful of the chance of Shias taking over in India and thus promoted Aurangazeb?
Another interesting thing about A was that his favorite wife was a Christian woman. And that drove the ulema mad.
Rekha Joshi's book studies the psyche of Aurangazeb.
What I found was that A's mother was Shia as was Dara's mother. Yet A was responsible for destroying Bijapur and Golkonda the two biggest Shia Kingdoms in India. Was A driven to prove he was more beloved of the Sunni ulema and thus went about the conquest? If you recall Iran's Safavid dynasty was just establishing the Shiaism as state religion. Were the Sunni ulema fearful of the chance of Shias taking over in India and thus promoted Aurangazeb?
Another interesting thing about A was that his favorite wife was a Christian woman. And that drove the ulema mad.
Rekha Joshi's book studies the psyche of Aurangazeb.