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"I came as a stranger, and I leave as a stranger."
- Emperor Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir Rahmatullah Alaih, letter written on the verge of death to his son Kam Baksh.

Personal life of the Timurid-Mughal emperor Hazrat Aurangzeb Alamgir: He had in some ways tried to be an exemplary monarch. Deeply conscious that his exalted office was a trust conferred by Almighty Allah, he had sought to live by the labour of his on two hands. His court was indeed as magnificent as that of his late father (Emperor Shah Jahan) but he sought to meet his own personal expenses by the sale of Caps (topi), sewn by himself, and copies of Holy Quran, beautifully self-transcribed. When he finally died, his personal treasury was found to contain Rs. 3.5 which were proceeds from sale of cape (topi), and another sum of Rs. 350 which were the earnings from the Holy Quran. In accordance with his wish the expenses of the funeral were defrayed from the first sum while the rest of the money was spent on the ritual feedings of faqirs and mendicants. His uncovered grave is to be found in the courtyard of the tomb of the Sufi saint Hazrat Khawaja Syed Zain-ud-din Shirazi Rahmatullah Alaih near Aurangabad, at the place now named after his Raoza Khuldabad. He is the only one of the great Mughals who does not enjoy the luxury of a tomb or a garden all to himself.

Image source: British Museum collection.

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"This is a unique colonialism that we have been subjected to where they have no use for us. The best Palestinian for them is either dead or gone. It's not that they want to exploit us, or that they need to keep us there in the way of Algeria or South Africa as subclass."
-Prof. Edward Said.

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Ladies and gentlemen, said Lord Wellesley, raising a glass, when the news of Hazrat Tipu Sultan rahmatullaah 'alaih death was brought to him, "I drink to the co**se of India."

Note: - Richard Colley Wellesley (1760-1842) was Governor General of India who conquered more of India than Napoleon did of Europe. He used the East India Companys armies and resources successfully to wage the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, which ended with the killing of Hazrat Tipu Sultan rahmatullaah 'alaih and destruction of his capital in 1799, then the Second Anglo-Maratha War, which led to the defeat of the armies of both Scindia and Holkar in 1803. By this time, He had expelled the last French units from India and given the East India Company control of the subcontinent south of the Punjab.

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