Ali M. Athar. The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb

Asia Publishing House, 1970. — 296 p.The book explores how the ruling class of the Mughal empire under Aurangzeb was structured and operated. The factors governing the emperor's attitudes are studied exclusively with reference to contemporary sources. This paperback edition of a classic not only tests a number of popular hypotheses about the Mughal Empire during the reign of Aurangzeb by examining the composition and the role of nobility under his rule, but also assesses afresh the material and questions.