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The Indophile British historian (or story-teller) William Dalrymple is writing poor history (or should i say garbage) about Ahmad Shah Abdali in his newly released book "Koh-i-Noor. In his book he says ;
"From early on in his reign, his face (Ahmad Shah Abdali's) began to be eaten away by what the Afghan sources call a ‘gangrenous ulcer’, possibly leprosy, syphilis or some form of tumour. Even as he was winning his greatest victory at Panipat, Ahmad Shah’s disease had already consumed his nose, and a diamond-studded substitute was attached in its place. As his army grew to a horde of 120,000, and as his empire expanded ever wider, so did the tumour, ravaging his brain, spreading to his chest and throat and incapacitating his limbs.......By 1772, maggots were dropping from the upper part of Ahmad Shah’s rotten nose into his mouth and his food as he ate "
In a video lecture, he says Ahmad Shah Abdali looked like a typical movie villain at the battle of Panipat , 1761, and wore a golden mask to hide his face which was eaten away by cancer, and that he looked like 'Robocop !
There is not a single 18th century source which says that nose of Ahmad Shah Abdali was missing at the battle of Panipat and that he was wearing a bejeweled mask to hide his face in those years. All sources say that Ahmad Shah Abdali had contracted the cancer or some other disease a few years before his death in June 1773 AD. And the rubbish of maggots dropping from his nose and him eating it in his meal , was invented by Jadunath Sarkar which was copied by Ganda Singh and now by Dalrymple.
The Mughal portrait of Ahmad Shah Abdali of circa 1757 AD, depicted with intact face
"From early on in his reign, his face (Ahmad Shah Abdali's) began to be eaten away by what the Afghan sources call a ‘gangrenous ulcer’, possibly leprosy, syphilis or some form of tumour. Even as he was winning his greatest victory at Panipat, Ahmad Shah’s disease had already consumed his nose, and a diamond-studded substitute was attached in its place. As his army grew to a horde of 120,000, and as his empire expanded ever wider, so did the tumour, ravaging his brain, spreading to his chest and throat and incapacitating his limbs.......By 1772, maggots were dropping from the upper part of Ahmad Shah’s rotten nose into his mouth and his food as he ate "
In a video lecture, he says Ahmad Shah Abdali looked like a typical movie villain at the battle of Panipat , 1761, and wore a golden mask to hide his face which was eaten away by cancer, and that he looked like 'Robocop !
There is not a single 18th century source which says that nose of Ahmad Shah Abdali was missing at the battle of Panipat and that he was wearing a bejeweled mask to hide his face in those years. All sources say that Ahmad Shah Abdali had contracted the cancer or some other disease a few years before his death in June 1773 AD. And the rubbish of maggots dropping from his nose and him eating it in his meal , was invented by Jadunath Sarkar which was copied by Ganda Singh and now by Dalrymple.
The Mughal portrait of Ahmad Shah Abdali of circa 1757 AD, depicted with intact face