Tag: Muslim rulers

By Hasan Ghias Six hundred and sixty six years separate the ascension of a victorious Mohammad Mu’izz Uddin Ghori to the throne of Delhi in 1192 and the banishment by the British of the defeated and decrepit Bahadur Shah Zafar to Rangoon in 1858. The curtains had closed upon the Muslim rule in India, marking the beginning of the descent that has seen the erstwhile rulers sink from the top to the bottom of the pyramid. To reverse this slide, we must understand the reasons for this loss of power and...