The Last Mughal

Name: The Last Mughal
Author: William Dalrymple
ISBN: 1400078334

by William Dalrymple

Ages 18+ · Adults Islamic History

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William Dalrymple's award-winning history of the last Mughal emperor and the fall of Delhi in 1857.

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Bahadur Shah Zafar was a poet, mystic and calligrapher who presided over a brilliant court while the British steadily took his power.

Dalrymple uses newly discovered sources to tell the story of the uprising of 1857, the siege of Delhi and the end of the Mughal dynasty.

What's inside

Zafar's court
Delhi's cultural life
The 1857 uprising
Siege and fall of Delhi
End of the Mughals

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Bahadur Shah Zafar was a poet and mystic presiding over a brilliant court as the British closed in. William Dalrymple tells the tragic story of 1857 and the fall of Delhi using newly discovered sources. Gripping, moving and beautifully written history.

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