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BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST MUGHAL BY WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

It was splendid gripping raw and heartbreaking.

The book presented an evocative account of the uprising and its aftermath.

It took me almost a month to go through, the vivid life like descriptions which do not deserve to be rushed.

The book started with the description of the city court, the people ,their day doings, the culture and environs of Delhi.

Delhi was a city like no other.

As poet mir wrote:

"The streets were not mere streets they are albums of a painter,

today the city he wrote about actually remains only in form of paintings as minute of that stands today".

Delhi was a city with reputation as a center for learning culture and spirituality.

That was the city before 1857, the time when it was ruled by the Mughals... The impoverished, penniless dynasty where the actual control was in the hands of the British.

The emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar || an elderly king who was a calligrapher, sufi, patron of the painters of miniatures, creator of Gardens and a very serious mystical Poet

but when it comes to rule he was a mere Chessboard King.

As he too wrote :

"I want to shatter the Bars of my Cage,

With the fluttering of my Wings".

These verses clearly describe his melancholy.

In the beginning it showed how Britishers were fond of the culture religion of the city,

the white Mughals who were converts married the natives and created a race

Who embraced the land and bridge the two utterly different cultures.

But the gaps were widened as more Britishers arrived and with them came the missionaries with the purpose to convert the heathen, to rip what they regarded as the false faiths of India, by force if necessary.

Around this uneasy equilibrium approached the storm.

The fire was sparked in Barrackpore in Bengal where Sepoys mutinied and shot two soldiers.. Although accounts of these were presented briefly in the book.

On the 11th of may 1857 the mutinous infantry reached Delhi to get blessings from the King of Delhi, although Zafar was not willing to gave them any blessings as he said " I have no treasure, troops or magazine to join you" but the Sepoys coaxed the emperor and took the blessings anyway... And then begin which later called one of the greatest Uprising faced by the British.

Then begin the episodes of slaughter and mass killings by the colonized on the colonizers.

The mutineers looted and plundered all the British bungalows and those in favor or in any relationship with them.

The Sepoys even pointlessly destroyed the fort's stock of ice. The city was burning and no British lives were saved including women and children.

But a few britons who escaped were filled with rage and vengeance and the rampage took another turn as the reinforcements arrived and both the sides were to fight each other.

After months of run riot and killings the british took over the city and the order came to "Shoot every Soul".

The description of the exodus was heartbreaking.. As how Delhiwallas left their everything behind and run for their lives.

Starved plundered raped by both mutinous groups and later by the british. The Delhiwallas suffered a great deal in the hands of both the sides.

The fort palaces were burning and then came the night 16th September 1857 which was the last after more than two hundred years that a Mughal Emperor spent in the Red Fort of Shahjahanabad.

Out of city's 1,50,000 inhabitants the whole nearly have left. Even when Nadir shah conquered the city was not the case.

The emperor and everyone related to the court were held responsible for the mutiny and

most of them were captured and shot. The remaining royal family was to be imprisoned.

The city then in the hands of the British who enraged started the campaign to demolish the City of Delhi. To completely level the land as a punishment for being the centre of the defeated rebellion.

Eighty percent of the fort was leveled.

Which was a horrendous sight even for the some of the britons who then decided to paint a panorama of the city before it completely disappeared.

The city was dead with no inhabitants no emperor or palaces and that is how the heart of a pluralistic Indo Islamic civilization had been ripped out.

The emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar with his wife two sons and some attendents was sent to Rangoon Burma as" Delhi State Prisoners" and never came back.

He died there and was buried in an unknown grave (which was later discovered and then a shrine was constructed for the emperor, noe he is a revered saint in Myanmar)

Other members were later released and died in extreme poverty.

The great glorious Mughal Empire perished.

It was a well researched book made out of Indian eyewitness account, records of the delhi court, police and administration during the siege.

Reading this book was a rich experience very informative.

While reading each letter it felt like as if we were there when it was written and read.

The author being an amazing story teller weaved an interesting story out of letters petitions which were sitting untouched in the offices of the Indian Archives. Making the authentic account accessible to the public in form of this book.

Making the read more entrancing were the Miniature panorama paintings portraits and pictures.

Most interesting were the real photos of the royal family... making them the first and the last of the Mughals to be captured by camera.

British swept away and rooted out the late Mughals pluralistic & philosophical composite civilization.

Totally recommend this book.... It is not just for those with a historical inclination but everyone . Especially Delhiites today to

know what the city was how it suffered and what it became.

As it is rightly said "If you dont know where you came from, how would you appreciate where you are going".

[mughalshit]

A Camel and it’s Rider Playing Kettledrums Mazar Ali Khan Delhi, India, Mughal, c. 1840 Gouache © Victoria & Albert Museum, London One of six figures, this painting likely depicts the Mughal Emperor’s ceremonial procession on the occasion of Eid.

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Late 17th -Early 18th Century Mughal Indian velvet Textile. Size: 6’4”x 7’10” (1.93 m x 2.39 m) Antique #mughal velvet were Court art as such they have a regal palatial aura redolent of a bygone era of luxury and imperial grandeur. Previously, Eberhart Herrman collection. . . . . #Mughal #mughalvelvet #mughalart #mughaltextile #antiquetextile #museuamquality #textileart #raretextiles #earlycarpets #importantcarpets #mughaldynasty #agra #tapestry #textileart #tajmahal #courtcarpet #luxurycarpets #imperialtextiles #shahjahan #nazmiyalcollection

[bugatsu]

Agra Fort was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty until 1638.
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AGE OF MAGNIFICENCE. Today's visit, one of our old favourites Agra Fort or the Red Fort Agra. This must be our third visit to this Monument belonging to the age of magnificence, the Mughal era but in each visit we find this fort as charming as ever. Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal Dynasty till 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. The main highlight of this monument is the Musamman Burj, also known as Shah Burj, because of the views of Taj Mahal it offers over looking the river Yamuna. This is where emperor Shah Jahan was held captive by his son Aurangzeb so that he could look at the mausoleum of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, that he had built with so much love. #agrafort #redfortagra #agra #history #mughal #architecture #travel #sunshiroutes #travelblogger #indiatravelgram #InstaGood #instatravel #agradiaries #unescoworldheritage #heritage #culture #mughaldynasty #placestovisit #agameoftones #tajmahal #carvings Follow us @sunshiroutes (at Agra Fort) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHz78ZLBfhX/?igshid=187bgx1atfwl1

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Mughal Garden - 5 #sankul_uddyanum #mughalgarden #mughal_landscape #blogpost_103 #103post #103 #mughal #mughallandscape #mughals #architectural_sankul #architectural_features #landscape #architecture #plants #design #plantsofinstagram #landscape_of_instagram #mughalarchitecture #charbagh #garden_of_instagram #plantsofinstagram #interior_landscaping #interior_landscape #charbaghgarden #mughal #mughalrulers #formal #formalgarden #formallandscape #mughaldynasty #mughalsofindia #gardens (at Architectural Sankul) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ANRbulvCj/?igshid=18rqophfwlyoj

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[khagendra13]

दिल्ली ६ ・・・ Red Fort is a historic fort at Delhi constructed by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1639. It served as the main residence for emperors of Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years. The fort complex is enclosed with massive walls of red sandstone, hence the name Red Fort. ・・・ #RedFort #LalQila #ChandniChowk #Delhi6 #OldDelhi #MughalArchitecture #ShahJahan #MughalDynasty #ASI #UNESCOWorldHeritage via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BzSU6XTnxGG/

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Death Anniversary..! Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad..! 26 December 1530..! #Babur was the ultimate #Founder and 1st #Emperor of the #MughalDynasty in the #IndianSubcontinent..! He was a direct descendant of Emperor #Timur (#Tamerlane) from what is now #Uzbekistan..! https://www.instagram.com/p/Br3ANNFAp1c6L-b80Msekz0w8JbZ-BgdW4IOtQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=905vwhhrwfeg

[swapnil1690]

Details of the dress robes of Dara Shikoh. Dara Shukoh or Dara Shikoh (20 March 1615 – 30 August 1659) was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. He was favoured as a successor by his father, Shah Jahan, and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum, but was defeated and later killed by his younger brother, Prince Muhiuddin (later, the Emperor Aurangzeb), in a bitter struggle for the imperial throne. Dara has been portrayed countlessly in Mughal miniature. #Heritage #Historic #IndianMiniature #IndianAesthetic #Art #Artwork #Details #GodIsInTheDetails #MughalDynasty #DaraShikoh #Prince #RoyalRobes #Attire #Gold #Floral #SalarJungMuseum #MuseumsOfIndia #Hyderabad #HyderabadDiaries #HyderabadJournal #Telangana #India #Wanderer #Wanderlust #Travel #Travelogue #TravelDiaries (at The Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad)

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#FamilyTrip #Tajmahal #Agra #ShahjahanMumtaj #PanchiPetha #17thCentury #MughalDynasty #Selfie (at Tajmahal Agra)