William Dalrymple

Recent archaeological discoveries are leading to a radical revision by scholars of the intensity, scale and importance of maritime trade between the Subcontinent and the world. Updated 21 Oct, 2024 04:38pm

LONDON: On April 13, 1919, a large group of Punjabis protesting against British rule gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. They were incensed at the arrest of two of their leaders, and for 24 hours the city had been Published 23 Feb, 2013 11:03pm

FEW forms of conflict are so damaging to a country as a prolonged civil war. By 1939, when Franco’s forces had finished mopping up the last Republican resistance in Spain, more than half a million lay dead and some of the Published 20 Oct, 2012 02:02am

LONDON Last month I had a private dinner in Kabul with Amrullah Saleh, who at that time was President Hamid Karzai`s... Published 03 Jul, 2010 12:00am

REHMAN Baba, “the Nightingale of Peshawar,” was an 18th-century poet and mystic, a sort of North West Frontier... Published 10 Mar, 2009 12:00am

The BBC recently celebrated its success in drawing ten million viewers to the final episode of the latest series of... Published 26 Aug, 2008 12:00am

The BBC recently celebrated its success in drawing ten million viewers to the final episode of the latest series of... Published 26 Aug, 2008 12:00am

The two previous instalments of this article were published on Tuesday and Wednesday. LONDON: His initial response... Published 13 Dec, 2007 12:00am

The first instalment of this article was published in Tuesday’s Dawn LONDON: Over the following two decades he... Published 12 Dec, 2007 12:00am

LONDON: Sixty years ago, four months after British rule had come to an end in India, the Nizam of Hyderabad, then ... Published 11 Dec, 2007 12:00am

LONDON: Six years after 9/11, throughout the Muslim world political Islam is on the march; the surprise is that its... Published 23 Sep, 2007 12:00am