Asia

The Mughal emperor died on 25 October 1605.

Tamerlane, or Timur, one of history's most brutal butchers, died on 18 February 1405.

Rhoads Murphey reflects on a thousand years of Turkic cultural development.

Rikki Kersten extols the example of an unlikely hero, the historian Ienaga Saburo, who singlehandedly challenged Japan’s official view of responsibility for its behaviour in the Second World War.

Denis Judd takes stock of current arguments as to the effect of British rule in India and other countries of the Empire.

William Clarance explores the origins and complexities of the Sri Lankan Civil War.

Ian Mabbett considers how Buddhism, while preaching the rejection of society, simultaneously became a popular religion.

The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Alliance, the first between a European country and an Asiatic power against a Western rival, was signed on 30 January 1902.

Margaret Mehl explains the surprising adoption of two Japanese scholars by their hometowns as major tourist attractions.