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The Mughals/Timurids were Mongols originally. Just so you know.
I do know.
Anyway I don't know your claims of them being obsessed about anything related to the ME
You are joking right. I expect some level of honesty from you. Else, any discussion is a waste of time.
but I know that there are many ignorant users in terms of ME matters that despite that fact love to meddle and make stupid comments. If you say that Middle Eastern history is not taught in India (I am surprised by that given that this region is known as the cradle of civilization and have been so important for the world and its history) then the Indians here should educate themselves before commenting so frequently on Middle Eastern matters.
I mean I do not see Arabs, Persians, Turkish users and other Middle Eastern people commenting on Indian affairs on such a big scale and when they comment they tend to usually ask questions rather than trolling.
The answer is simple. The only time we are taught about middle east is not more than 10 lines that say that Mesopotamia and a few others(in ME) are one of the most ancient civilizations known to man along with our IVC. and that we have been trading with those civilizations for thousands and thousands of years. Nothing more than that.
Middle Eastern history is undoubtedly important for the world and its history, but its not really impacted Indian history greatly. South Asia has generally been secluded and inward looking just like the Chinese.
You would appreciate that only history that is relevant to us, would and should be focused on. ME is not very relevant to us. By the same token I would understand that Indian history and affairs would not be taught in any significant detail in Middle East, though still in greater detail than we are taught about arab world, probably because of Islamic conquests.
And the
simple reason why Indians participate in ME affairs is because we consider it our birth-right to know anything that Pakistani's know, and to ensure that Indians have better relations with most countries of the world compared to Pakistani's so we can limit their influence and ability.
We have already ensured Pakistani credibility and capability is in a bad shape in the Western world - though we have to credit the Pakistanis themselves in some ways for this.
And since Middle East is the absolute center of the Pakistani world..talking about current Middle East, we/our Government has been spectacularly successful in this noble goal with Iran, Afghanistan and Oman. Now we are making a push to other Gulf States like KSA, Jordan, etc from trade to business to a whole host of other things.
Secondly, you realize our population in the world, as on this forum(
) is very high, so even a small percentage of Indians who have some interest in ME sections and would access it would be appear very high to you lot.
Thirdly, we do have those that like to troll and are also anti-Islamic. Report them because trolling serves no one's purpose other than making everyone angry.
