Bahadur Shah Zafar and the War of 1857 in DelhiEven Though Much Literature On Bahadur Shah Zafar And The 1857 Revolt Exists, Mahdi Husain S Book Continues To Be Of Considerable Relevance To The Historians Of Modern India. It Is Rich In Details, And Offers A Dispassionate Interpretation Of The 1857 Revolt. The Book Brings Alive, To The Present-Day Reader, The Trauma Of Living In 1857, A Trauma That People Like Syed Ahmad Khan And The Poet Mirza Ghalib Experienced. |
Contents
New Preface by Mushirul Hasan | xi |
Introduction | 1 |
Character of Bahadur Shah II | 36 |
Bahadur Shah II and The Sepoys | 71 |
Bahadur Shah and The British | 82 |
Bahadur Shah and The British | 106 |
Confronting a Formidable Situation | 156 |
Grappling with Terrible Problems | 175 |
Fighting to Expel The English | 195 |
Unable to Drive The English From | 229 |
Fall of Dehli | 253 |
Sources | 282 |
Bahadur Shah Zafar | 333 |
Common terms and phrases
Ahmad Akbar II arrival attack August Badshahi Army Bahadur Shah II Bakhsh Bakht Khan Bareilly batteries British Government cavalry Dehli Delhi Diwan-i Khass Emperor Bahadur Shah enemy English ex-king fight Governor-General guns Hakim Ahsanullah Khan Hasan Hasan Askari Hindan Hindus and Musalmans Idem India infantry infra Jawan Bakht Jiwan Lal July June Kashmiri Gate killed King of Dehli King's letter Mahbub Ali Khan Majesty Majesty's Maulvi Fazl Haq Metcalfe Metcalfe-T. N. N. military Mirath Mirza Mughul Muhammad Mutiny Papers Najafgarh Nana Sahib officers Palace Persian petition plunder Princes prisoner proclamation Raja Ram Mohan Roy rebel regiments reported Royal rupees Sahib says sent sepoys September Shah Alam Shah's Singh soldiers spies troops Urdu Vide Zaheer Dehlawi zamindars Zinat Mahal ا ا ا اور این با به تو جو سے ظفر کا که کہ کو کی کیا کے میں نه نے ھے ہے وہ