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Shahenshah (novel)
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Wikipedia article
'Shahenshah' is a 1970 Marathi historical fiction novel by N S Inamdar. The story is a fictional biography of the Mughal emperor Muhi-ud-Din Muhammad, otherwise popularly known as Aurangzeb. Under his reign the Mughal Empire achieved its largest expansion and also saw a rapid downfall, disintegrating shortly after his death. The novel focuses on his 50-year reign and is about an Emperor who is feared by all and is extremely intelligent yet faces a heartbroken and lonely death. Hence the title Shahanshah, which is a title given to emperors.
English translation
The book was translated to English as "'Shahenshah - The Life of Aurangzeb'" by Vikrant Pande and published by Harper Perennial in 2016.
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