The Moors were people of western North Africa. They were most active in the present day regions of eastern Morocco and western and central Algeria. They descended from a mixed race of Berbers, a native tribe of northern Africa, and the Arabs, inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, stretching from the Red sea to the Gulf… [Read more…]
April 1, 2011
(above image copyrighted to National Portrait Gallery, London http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw01347/Robert-Clive-and-Mir-Jafar-after-the-Battle-of-Plassey-1757) As is very well known, the historical account is seldom unbiased and true to the incidences and often full of propaganda to foster a given agenda. While recently going through an account of Robert Clive, the man renowned for establishing British Empire in India almost singlehandedly, the… [Read more…]
April 10, 2011
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