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	Publisher: GARUDA PRAKASHAN PVT. LTD.
	Author Sabya Sachi Ghosh
	Language: English
	Pages: 416 (B/W Illustrations)
	Cover: PAPERBACK
	9x6 inch
	Weight 400 gm
	Edition: 2026
	ISBN: 9789347691058
	HCH014

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About the Book It is not for nothing that the history of Delhi demands a rewriting. Few places have endured such sustained hardship over so many centuries as this city. The depredations suffered by the original inhabitants of the Tomar city were unprecedented, leaving behind only broken sculptures of a once-thriving Rajput capital, today scattered within the Qutub Minar complex at Mehrauli. Ironically, the Delhi Sultanate is often portrayed as having contributed to the betterment of Indian society in the 13th-14 th centuries, with little or no acknowledgment of the lakhs of non-Muslims who were culled to lay the foundations and consolidate Islamist rule over a conquered land. This book dismantles a false narrative by reassessing the calamitous role of Islamic invaders and the devastation inflicted upon the hapless natives of Delhi and its surrounding region. The story of Delhi as a continuously Inhabited city is reconstructed through historical and epigraphic sources. Its medieval phase, marked by the establishment of the Sultanate, is presented as the darkest chapter not only in the city's annals but in those of the subcontinent. This narrative is anchored in its monuments, which serve as witnesses to the epochs they represent. It also traces the Sultanate's decline, the rise of the Mughals, their comatose phase, the Maratha conquest, the British capture of the city, and finally the total annihilation of the Mughal dynasty following the arrest of Bahadur Shah II at Humayun's tomb.

About the Author Sabya Sachi Ghosh is a professional artist whose work reflects a deep engagement with memory, and the diverse narratives that shape India's cultural fabric. An avid solo biker with an adventurous spirit, he has travelled across almost every corner of the country in search of abandoned monuments, silent ruins, and overlooked histories. These journeys have not only shaped his worldview but have also fuelled his parallel identity as an independent researcher of history. He is the author of A Biker's Pilgrimage: Forgotten Edifices, Unfortunate Histories, Graphite Imagery in Black and White: A Book of Sketches, Pilgrims of Pure Insanity: a novel and a contributing author of Muslims and Media Images: News vs Views.

Introduction India according to the concurrent opinion of all writers, is the most Lagreeable abode on the earth, and the most pleasant quarter of the world. Its dust is purer than air and its air purer than purity itself: its delightful plains resemble the garden of paradise, and the particles of its earth are like rubies and corals." The quote is drawn from Tazjiyat-ul-Amsar-wa-Tajriyat-ul-Amsar (Tarikh-i-Shirazi) by Abdullah Wassaf Shirazi, completed in 1328 CE, during the turbulent reign of the notoriously erratic Delhi sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq. Shirazi's claim, however, is misleading; better known as Wassaf the Panegyrist, he was merely offering a comparative analysis between the devastated regions of northern Persia and Central Asia under Mongol onslaught and the brutal governance of the Delhi Sultanate. Naturally, the lives of the locals were, at best, a minor footnote for the Persian and Central Asian migrants, displaced by the Mongols and eager for a fresh start in the newly conquered northern territories of India. The Delhi Sultanate, ever the gracious host, rolled out the welcome mat, providing these newcomers every convenience to move into the vacated homes, plant their foreign culture, and completely redecorate the local social fabric, much to the 'delight' of the beleaguered native population. The earliest record of such demographic 'makeovers' appears in Minhaj-i-Shiraj's Tabakat-i-Nasiri, where he cheerfully recounts how Bahauddin Tughral, the slave general of Muhammad Ghori, settled Muslim immigrants in Bayana.

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