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The last Mughal : the fall of a dynasty : Delhi, 1857 / William Dalrymple.
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.Edition: 1st U.S. editionDescription: xxiii, 534 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN: - 1400043107 (alk. paper)
- 9781400043101 (alk. paper)
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Summary: A portrait of Mughal emperor, poet, and mystic Bahadur Shah Zafar II relates the 1857 armed uprising against British rule, the fall of the Mughal capital of Delhi and its subsequent destruction, and Zafar's final days as an exile in Burma.
A chessboard king -- Believers and infidels -- An uneasy equilibrium -- The near approach of the storm -- The sword of the lord of fury -- This day of ruin and riot -- A precarious position -- Blood for blood -- The turn of the tide -- To shoot every soul -- The city of the dead -- The last of the great mughals.
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| ARCH FRBC 954.02 H199C Cities of Mughal India : | ARCH FRBC 954.02 F226T Trading places : | ARCH FRBC 954.02 S439A Autonomous histories, particular truths : | ARCH FRBC 954.02 D151L The last Mughal : | ARCH FRBC 954.02 F983J John Company at work, | ARCH FRBC 954.02 J96N New writing in India, | ARCH FRBC 954.02 S243M Mughal administration. |
"Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2006"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-512) and index.
A chessboard king -- Believers and infidels -- An uneasy equilibrium -- The near approach of the storm -- The sword of the lord of fury -- This day of ruin and riot -- A precarious position -- Blood for blood -- The turn of the tide -- To shoot every soul -- The city of the dead -- The last of the great mughals.
A portrait of Mughal emperor, poet, and mystic Bahadur Shah Zafar II relates the 1857 armed uprising against British rule, the fall of the Mughal capital of Delhi and its subsequent destruction, and Zafar's final days as an exile in Burma.
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