Dalrymple, William
The Last Mughal : The Fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857 - 1st - London Bloomsbury 2006 - xxvii,578 Pages 23x15 cm PB
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Bahadur Shah Zafar II was a mystic. But while Zafar's Mughal ancestors had controlled most of India, the aged Zafar was king in name only and was deprived of real political power. This book presents a portrait of the Delhi Zafar personified, the story of the last days of the Mughal capital and its destruction in the catastrophe of 1857.
0747586683
Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862
India--Delhi
India
954.03170
The Last Mughal : The Fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857 - 1st - London Bloomsbury 2006 - xxvii,578 Pages 23x15 cm PB
Include Pictures, Notes and Index
Bahadur Shah Zafar II was a mystic. But while Zafar's Mughal ancestors had controlled most of India, the aged Zafar was king in name only and was deprived of real political power. This book presents a portrait of the Delhi Zafar personified, the story of the last days of the Mughal capital and its destruction in the catastrophe of 1857.
0747586683
Muhammad Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, 1775-1862
India--Delhi
India
954.03170