Just listened to this episode this weekend - fantastic one on Empire Podcast

John Wombwell smoking a Huqqa, #Lucknow 1785 in colln of Prince & Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan. Some references mention him being #EIC Assay Master in Lucknow #Art #History #WhiteMughals William Dalrymple Punjabi Rooh Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Nilosree نیلوسری নীলশ্রী she|her ✒️💭🫖 ☕️ 🍰🍉 Amit Guha Swati Vashishtha

William Dalrymple Hemant Lokinder Bisht Indian Art Art Historian* 🇮🇳 Hindol Palace

“The Inquisition became a vehicle of deposing of economic competitors”

“It was nasty”

But!

Beware anti-Catholic smearing, &

Mortality was less than the Northern European witch craze

Tremendous episode with Brian Catlos, William Dalrymple anita anand
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anita anand Empire Podcast William Dalrymple Really good series. In the mid-80s I was in rural Sudan. Every night I'd listen to crackly SW radio BBC World Service's updates on the Iran Iraq war, Oliver North and the contras, etc. Things change. Now 60 minutes north of Barcelona and can get your podcasts on tap.

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Listen Empire Podcast as William and anita anand are once again joined by Brian Catlos to listen to the discuss Isabella's expulsion of Spain's Jews & Moors
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In the epoch defining year of 1492, as well as conquering Granada with her husband Ferdinand, ending the era of Islamic Spain, she also gave patronage to Columbus as he took his first voyage to the New World, so helping create the Spanish Empire
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Don't miss our Empire Podcast double bill on the last days of Islamic Spain and the Moors Last Sigh
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How Isabella of Castile created the Spanish Inquisition and how it ended Spain's many centuries as a home to all three Abrahamic faiths.

Just finished this. An excellent podcast. Inciteful observations positive and negative.

An excellent book by Brian Catlos. And an amazing two-episode show 👍🏻

Some episodes of Empire Podcast are more equal than others #OneofTheBest :

A Royal Hunting Party

This extraordinary c1705 CE painting from #Udaipur #Rajasthan is about as close to #Mughal style Painting as artists of #Mewar ever worked.

A popular subject at Mughal courts for a considerable time.

From Toby Falk coll sold by Christie's for £441,000

Standing Buddha
12thC Chola Bronze from Nagapattinam
From the Art of Buddhist India
At National Museum, New Delhi

Gaya #Bihar 9th C. Pala period, Goddess Durga slaying demon Mahisasur.