I came across a copy of this personal letter during morning research exercises, written by Shahzada Aurangzeb (RA), to Mirza Rāja Jai Singh of Amber.
The date corresponds with late July, 1654 - therefore almost exactly four years before the Mughal War of Succession, of 1658.

Although a seemingly innocuous document, it highlights some interesting themes. The letter accompanied two imperial guns (likely matchlocks), sent as a gift to the Mirza Rāja; “do qabzeh bandooq awwal ināyat namoōdeh’em”*

This demonstrates two things. The first is an aspect of Mughal - Rājput relations, namely the exchange of appropriate gifts between Imperial notables (note that at the time of writing this Aurangzeb RA was only a prince, Shah Jehan’s third-born son). In this case “bandooq-awwal” means a premium/top-ranking category of weapon.
Accompanying the guns is a “Jamdhar-e khaas” (special dagger) that is also mentioned.

The entire narrative of attacks on pilgrims in Mewat yesterday, is a fiction and fabrication spun by RSS affiliates; the VHP, Bajrang Dal, Godi Media and social-media influencers to draw attention away from #Manipur, as well as from the ongoing opposition to the BJP government by… https://t.co/CCVWv4dbFftwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

https://twitter.com/vishokdevvansaj/status/1686024210752176128

Before getting into details that blow the whole myth of #Muslim aggression in #Mewat, please see this video and do share and circulate it. It is an important exposé to connect the dots for what occurred, using footage engineered by #Hindutva foot-soldiers themselves.

https://twitter.com/iamharunkhan/status/1686475843919319040

Today marks the 316th death-anniversary of Badshāh Muhi-ud Dīn Muhammad #Aurangzeb Alamgīr (R.A.).
His long reign (1658-1707) consolidated the largest and wealthiest land-empire in Indian #history and was arguably the most socially-diverse dispensation to ever rule #India. Even critics of Aurangzeb (R.A.), such as the historian Sir Jadunath Sarkar concede, "Aurangzeb’s Indian empire was vaster than that of Ashoka, Samudragupta, & Harshavardhan”.
@Timurid_Mughal.

It was in his reign too that #Ladakh was amalgamated into the #Mughal empire.f

In the post-truth age, when the study of history faces stiff competition from a reckless #Mythistory, and facts are not even referred to, students and scholars must counter this trend more strongly than before.
“Islamic invasion of India, The Biggest Hoax in History”.
A thread. The Indian sub-continent faced multiple invasions and incursions since recorded history began - likely before as well. Aryans, Huns, Scythians, Bactrians, Greeks, Kushans et alia, all made their way into what now encapsulates the geographical boundaries of India, over millenia.

One obsessive fantasy common to all Sangh acolytes is their belief that Indian Muslims are entirely converted from Hinduism.
This fallacy - apart from being an obvious physical impossibility - is at odds with another myth; that Muslim upper-classes discouraged conversion to…



…protect their own (religion based) social status.
Both views are historically incorrect, and the belief that the millions of Muslims who mass-migrated to the Indian Sub-continent from outside, between the 8th and 18th centuries simply disappeared, is beyond-the-pale-ridiculous.