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# A Brief History of the Great Moghuls (Brief Histories): India's Most Flamboyant Rulers Paperback – 23 Jun. 2009

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- **What is this?** A Brief History of the Great Moghuls (Brief Histories): India's Most Flamboyant Rulers Paperback – 23 Jun. 2009 by bamber gascoigne
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    King's College, Cambridge.
  

*by S***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2016*

Starter for ten!Yes! its -that- Bamber Gascoigne, he of the big square noggin and unruly red hair, so beloved of 1970's university drop-outs and other greasers.This is, at first, the story of one Babur (Babur Gascoigne, haw) direct descendent of the much vaunted mass murderer Tamberlane.Babur who, as an young introducee to the eternal Art of War, lost every battle he fought in, at first. At one diabolically low point in his career, he became a simple vagabond warrior, left to poke a twig into the bone-dry sands of Samarqand and draw stick figures with it each and every day, all day, such was his ill-luck.Little did he realise that this luck was about to change and that one day his descendants would own an empire that in effect controlled most of the northern Indian sub-continent. Indeed, it was only the Hindu Maratha menace and the whims of the English East Indian Co. (The Company) that eventually brought it all crashing down around the place (and it's still a big place) centuries, yes centuries, later.But it's not all about conquest, oh no. The Mughals (aka Mongols, Mogols, Mugals) loved their architecture, calligraphy, high fashion and other fine arts according to their Islamic beliefs. You can still come across countless traces of all of this today (especially in Pakistan, Afghanistan or other modern day places where (rival) Hinduism didn't successfully prevail or even survive/exist). This is all rather subjective to me as a reader as I see the Mughals often as defined by their eventual nemeses.A grand book, written in prose that is lively but beetle-browed and University lecturer-who-got-up-on-the-wrong-side-of-bed disdainful when it needs to be.Loved it. And so will you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Wonderful!
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 July 2019*

This book is a great primer on the achievements of the Mughal Empire in the realms of, not only politics, military and economics, but also art and architecture. The style of writing is accessible yet sophisticated, with a number of humorous passages. Would definitely recommend!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great Moghuls, Good Book
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2007*

Bamber Gascoigne's book serves as a relatively brief and readable introduction to the reigns of the six Great Moghuls.  Gascoigne tells the stories of the reigns of Babur, Humayan, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb in a pacey, attractive way.  He focuses principally on the political history, with some excursions into cultural and architectural developments.  Overall a helpful introduction to its subject.

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