History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c3.15

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The accounts of Aurangzib’s reign now current in India, especially in Urdu, are based on works like the *Tarikh-i-Muhammad Shahi*, and the *Tarikh-i-Farah-Bakhsh*, written long after the events and merely reproducing the bazar gossip and popular traditions. Not being based on official records and other contemporary sources of information, their evidence must be rejected wherever they conflict with the earlier and authoritative histories of Aurangzib’s reign. These unreliable but picturesque works have inspired Dow’s *History of Hindostan* and Stewart’s *History of Bengal*, and continue to perpetuate many historical heresies in the popular belief of India.