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This dissertation is a socio-cultural history of Delhi from the mid eighteenth to the early twentieth century. It traces how the city came to have a distinctive identity as a center that was simultaneously both Muslim and cosmopolitan, and considers how, and to what effect, this…

Emperor Aurangzib's ascension to the throne and execution of his brother Dara Shukuh have been steeped in controversy for nearly three and a half centuries. This dissertation takes two unprecedented steps in an attempt to contribute to the resolution of the controversy by determ…