Religious and Political Conditions of Muslims during Later Mughal Rule

Abstract

The Muslim situation in India is one of the great concern for historians in contemporary era. Muslims live in this country from time immemorial and historical anecdotes provide sufficient information about it. While analyzing the historical sources, it is very alarming as the prompt and show of the Muslim ruling class under later Mughal rule came to disastrous end due to their lavish and unethical activities. In this regard, it is necessary to know the causes which effected the whole medieval structure and collapsed within one and half century. An attempt is made to investigation factors responsible for decline of Muslim rule under later Mughal rulers. This paper is historical in nature and the historical events happened will be analyzed descriptively so as to reach a pragmatic conclusion.