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The last Mughal [Book] : the fall of a dynasty, Delhi, 1857 / William Dalrymple.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Bloomsbury, 2009.Description: xxix, 578 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781408800928 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.0317092 22
Other classification:
  • 954.0317092
Summary: On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 954.0317092 DAL-L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 47244
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Originally published: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a remarkable culture.

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