Last Mughal The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi 1857

Name: Last Mughal The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi 1857
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ISBN: 9781400078332

ISBN-10: 1400078334

ISBN-13: 9781400078332

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Authors: William Dalrymple

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In this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in history. The last Mughal emperor, Zafar, came to the throne when the political power of the Mughals was already in steep decline. Nonetheless, Zafar—a mystic, poet, and calligrapher of great accomplishment—created a court of unparalleled brilliance, and gave rise to perhaps the greatest literary renaissance in modern Indian history. All the while, the British were progressively taking over the Emperor's power. When, in May 1857, Zafar was declared the leader of an uprising against the…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/11/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 5.16" wide x 7.93" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Maps


Dramatis Personae


Acknowledgements


Introduction



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


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index


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