emperor
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The richest cache, in Kolkata's National Library, consists of 21 volumes devoted to the reign of Aurangzeb, who ruled the Mughal empire from 1658 to 1707 and was its last great expansionist emperor.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Mr. Swaim quotes scholar Beatrice de Graaf saying that, in contrast to the Latin Christian “just war” tradition, in “the East, the emperor has the power to define what is evil and crush it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Zubrin linked Musk's potential for failure to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's calamitous campaign in Russia.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Presiding over the competition is the emperor of theatrical fabulosity, André De Shields, in the role of Old Deuteronomy, leader of the Jellicle colony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Was Amah with this emperor now, a man who didn’t sound like a man at all?
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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