Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire: Desert of Destruction, 1526 - 1606: Episode 1

Turning Tides

Turning Tides: The Mughal Empire will discuss the rise and fall of the Mughals in the Indian subcontinent. The first episode, Desert of Destruction, will cover the period from 1526 to 1606, in which the Mughal Empire was formed through colonial conquest and rose to prominence in Southern Asia.

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Produced by Melissa Marie Brown and Joseph Pascone in affiliation with AntiKs Entertainment.

Researched and written by Joseph Pascone

Edited and revised by Melissa Marie Brown

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Episode 1 Sources:

1. The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art and Culture, by Annemarie Schimmel

2. The Mughal Empire at War: Babur, Akbar and the Indian military revolution, 1500-1605, by Andrew de la Garza

3. Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World, by Justin Marozzi

4. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens & Begums of the Mughal Empire, by Ira Mukhoty

5. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History: From 3500 B.C. to the Present: Fourth Edition, by R. Ernest Dupuy and Trevor N. Dupuy

6. Bāburnāma: a memoir, by Babur

7. Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire, by G.B. Malleson

8. The Rise of the Sikh Empire: The story of the rise of the Sikh's as a Religion and to martial prowess, by Nehal Kaur

9. Majestic Mughals- A Saga of Passion, Power and Empire: From Babur to Bahadhurshah Jafar- Unraveling the Tale of India's Greatest Dynasty, by Arijeet Singh

10. Babur's children to the rescue, by Jawed Naqvi for DAWN: Today's Paper on June 12th, 2024, dawn.com/news/1670119 (http://dawn.com/news/1670119)

11. Babri mosque to Ram temple: A timeline from 1528 to 2024, for Al Jazeera, on January, 22nd, 2024, aljazeera.com/new/2024/1/22/babri-mosque-to-ram-temple-a-timeline-from-1528-to-2024 (http://aljazeera.com/new/2024/1/22/babri-mosque-to-ram-temple-a-timeline-from-1528-to-2024)

12. Wikipedia