{"product_id":"last-mughal-p-b","title":"Last Mughal (P\/B)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalrymple, William\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Books for Young Readers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: William Dalrymple, Publisher: PENGUIN INDIA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEasy To Read\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish Book\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eERROR:#N\/A\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 578\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 04-05-2007\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143102434\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e About The Book\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is 7th November 1862, Rangoon. A shrouded corpse is escorted by a motley crew of British soldiers. A nondescript grave is ready inside the prison premises. The British officer in charge insists that no one is able locate the last resting place of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mogul emperor.\u003cbr\u003e\nZafar, in his lifetime, was a skilled calligrapher and a talented poet. While Zafar's more illustrious ancestors controlled most of the Indian subcontinent, he was an emperor only in name. Denied any political powers by East India Company, Zafar succeeded in forging a court of brilliance and presided over what was perhaps one of the greatest cultural renaissance in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\nExploring the fall of the Mughal Empire, author William Dalrymple in The Last Mughal, uses new sources to pen to expound that stage of Indian history.\u003cbr\u003e\nZafar ascended Delhi's throne when the Mughal Empire was already in steep decline. As the years passed, the British progressively usurped his power. A reluctant Zafar was declared the king of India in May 1857 when the sepoy mutiny broke out. He had no powers to resist it and knew that the event was doomed even before it officially started. Four months later, the British captured Delhi resulting in disastrous consequences. The city was left in ruins.\u003cbr\u003e\nWith an unmatched account of Indian and British, The Last Mughal is a revelatory account of one of history's bloodiest upheavals.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book is available in paperback in its first edition and was published in May, 2007.\u003cbr\u003e\nKey Features The book is the winner of the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize and the Vodafone Crossword Book Award, both in 2007. Dalrymple conducted research on the book along with eminent Urdu scholar Mahmood Farooqui.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143102434\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.2 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin India","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49086764613936,"sku":"Prakash_9780143102434","price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/penguin-india-book-default-title-last-mughal-p-b-38799245410608.jpg?v=1753011423","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/last-mughal-p-b","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}