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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 British, he was powerless to resist though he strongly suspected that the action was doomed. Four months later, the British took Delhi, the capital, with catastrophic results. With an unsurpassed understanding of British and Indian history, Dalrymple crafts a provocative, revelatory account of one the bloodiest upheavals in history.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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History, Nonfiction, Koloniale periode, Aufstand, Indien, Sepoy Rebellion (India : 1857-1858) fast (OCoLC)fst01354692, Opstanden, Siege of Delhi (India : 1857) fast (OCoLC)fst01354766, New York Times reviewed, Emperors, Biography, India, history, sepoy rebellion, 1857-1858, Mogul empire, Delhi (india), India, biography, India, kings and rulers, India, history, 19th century, Biographies & autobiographies, HistoricalPlaces
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The last Mughal: the fall of a dynasty : Delhi, 1857
2008, Vintage Books
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2007, Alfred A. Knopf
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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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