Yousuf Bin Tashfin

On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, ‘No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.’ This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj’s Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.

William Dalrymple recounts the rise and fall of the East India Company, a corporation that conquered and exploited India. The Anarchy reveals how unchecked corporate greed and colonial violence reshaped global history, offering a cautionary tale of power and capitalism

Sindh Under the Mughals by Humera Naz examines the historical development of Sindh during the Mughal era. The book focuses on the historiography, analyzing how historical narratives were formed and the impact of Mughal rule on the region from 1591 to 1737.

After seventy-five years of independence, the history of Pakistan remains centered on the state, its ideology and the two-nation theory. Towards Peoples’ Histories in Pakistan seeks to shift that focus away from histories of an imagined nation, to the history of its people.