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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by skissane on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @11:07PM (#32657926)
But, what if Babur had succeeded in reconquering Fergana?

Or, suppose that – much like how the Brazilian Empire became independent of Portugal in 1822 – 19th century Britain had fallen into civil war, and Prince Edward of Wales withdrew to Delhi, and declared himself Emperor of an independent India, albeit one where people of British ancestry remained in charge?

How much should our judgement of history turn on its vicissitudes?

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by random314 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @12:30PM (#32664610)
The question is not about what-ifs and butterfly effects. What was the nationality of Akbar/Aurangzeb is a simple question.
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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by skissane on Thursday September 01, 2022 @01:13AM (#32672268)
> What was the nationality of Akbar/Aurangzeb is a simple question.

Wikipedia’s article on “nationality” [0] defines it as follows:

> Nationality is a legal identification of a person in international law, establishing the person as a subject, a national, of a sovereign state. It affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state against other states.

So, which sovereign state had jurisdiction over them? The Mughal Empire. Hence, their nationality was Mughal.

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationality

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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by random314 on Friday September 02, 2022 @02:58PM (#32694534)
Which coincides with India, as the Mughal empire extended all over India.
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Re:A third of Pakistan is underwater from floods, climate ch... by skissane on Saturday September 03, 2022 @07:21PM (#32707477)
When did the Mughals rule Thiruvananthapuram?
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