Delhi, the land of seven cities, exalted for the saying that it has been rebuilt seven times, was bearing fruit in the 18th century. The land of the Pandavas, Tomars, Chauhans, Khiljis, and ...

16th-18th Centuries - Safavid Iran (and successive Iranian Afsharid and Qajar dynasties) and Ottoman Turkey subjugate the eastern and western parts of Georgia. 1801-1804 - Most of present-day Georgia ...

16th-18th Centuries - Safavid Iran (and successive Iranian Afsharid and Qajar dynasties ... present-day Georgia becomes part of the Russian Empire. 1879 - History's best-known Georgian, future ...

Six countries currently have a claim to the diamond, with the Mughal Empire across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh the first in a succession of rulers, including the Afsharid dynasty in modern-day Iran ...

Following Aurangzeb's reign, factionalism and internal strife began to take root within the Mughal Sultanate. At that time, Delhi stood as one of the wealthiest cities in the world, with the Mughal ...

The Battle of Khyber Pass was an engagement fought on 26 November 1738 between the Afsharid Iran of Nader Shah and the Mughal ... opening up the path ahead to invade the crown-lands of the Mughal ...

Germany needs a stable and reform-oriented government to respond to the impact of US president-elect Donald Trump’s potential policy shifts that will impact Germany’s trade, fiscal and defence ...

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The dress code on the invitation said “Black Tie”. Giorgio Armani, a man who does nothing in half measures, pulled out all the stops for his first show in New York in ten years—and he asked ...

Rivals begins with a climax. Rupert Campbell-Black (Alex Hassell) is bonking in the toilet of a Concorde that goes supersonic just as he orgasms. A champagne bottle pops and all the passengers ...

This week King Charles III will preside over a summit of 55 nations associated with the fraying ends of the British empire. Hosted by Samoa, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a ...