The author of the book under review takes a biographical approach to reconstruct the fascinating life trajectory of Dara Shukoh, whose upbringing and intellectual and spiritual growth took place at a time when the empire was politically, economically, and culturally at its apex. Seldom have historians focused their narrative on Mughal princes or princesses. The historiography of Mughal India is very much centered on emperors and their policies and practices. Supriya Gandhi’s book on Dara Shukoh, a Mughal prince who was also a scholar and author of several books, a practicing Sufi, and a believer in the essential unity of the Islamic and Hindu monotheistic traditions, is an important and timely contribution to the literature on the history of Mughal India. Reviewed by Ghulam Nadri (Georgia State University)Ĭommissioned by Sumit Guha (The University of Texas at Austin) The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India.Ĭambridge: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2020.
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