John C Carty Esq

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He also succeeded in creating a new model of Mughal rule, where the absence of real power lay well disguised beneath the aura of divinely appointed kingship and the gilt screen of high culture and courtly manners, both of which were derived from his Timurid ancestors.
John C Carty Esq
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The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
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