Majma-ul-Bahrain, the confluence of the two seas or in Hindi Samudra Sangam Grantha did not discuss geopolitical theory but was a text devoted to a revelation of mystical and pluralistic affinities between Sufism and Vedantic traditions. A short treatise in Persian, it encompassed over 13 years and 14000 kms of travel, study, learning and research into Islam, the Quran and Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma and Vendanta) by Dara Shukoh, the favorite son and favored successor of the Mughal Emperor Shahjahan who built the Taj Mahal.It was the last text he wrote, published in 1655 circa, which led to his humiliation, defeat and eventual death. He was tortured and beheaded for blasphemy by his brother Aurangzeb, because of his “Confluence of two seas”, where he attempted to bring together Hinduism and Islam. No text as comprehensive was written again.
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