Prof. M. Waseem Raja of the Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), took part as an invited speaker in the International Symposium on the Mughal Empire (Bâbürlü Devleti Uluslararası Sempozyumu) held in Istanbul, Türkiye.
About the symposium
- Event: International Symposium on the Mughal Empire
- Venue: Istanbul, Türkiye
- Organisers: Istanbul Branch of Türk Ocakları and the Association of Women Academicians
- Occasion: 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Mughal Empire
The paper
Prof. Raja presented a paper titled “From Samarkand to Hindustan: Sovereignty, Mobility, and the Imperial Translation of Timurid-Turkish Statecraft in the Making of the Mughal Empire.”
The paper examined how Babur’s Central Asian background and Timurid political traditions shaped the emerging Mughal state. Its main points:
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- The movement and adaptation of political ideas, institutions and cultural legacies across regions
- Mughal state formation placed within a wider transregional history of migration, sovereignty and empire-building
- The case for studying Mughal history in a framework that connects Central Asia and India, rather than treating them as separate historical worlds
For the Department of History
According to AMU, his participation presented the University’s historical scholarship at an international forum and reflects the Department of History’s work on Central Asian history, Indo-Turkic connections and the political and cultural foundations of the Mughal Empire.
For the University’s own history, see our timeline from MAO College to Aligarh Muslim University.
Source: AMU Public Relations Office, 19 October 2026.
