I am an LSE Fellow in Economic History at the London School of Economics. My research looks at conflict and long term state development in pre-colonial India.

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Background: Map of conflicts in Mughal India, constructed using QGIS and Irfan Habib's Atlas of Mughal India.

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email: s.morshed@lse.ac.uk

Merciful Tyrants? Explaining Rebel Forgiveness and State Development in Mughal South Asia (1556-1707)

This short video won the award for Best Poster at the Economic History Society Conference 2021. It gives a brief summary of the context and contribution of one of the chapters of my dissertation.