About The Book
It 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.
Zafar, 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.
Product details
Publisher : Penguin India (4 May 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 578 pages
ISBN-10 : 0143102435
ISBN-13 : 978-0143102434
Item Weight : 408 g
Dimensions : 20.7 x 4.4 x 13.4 cm
Generic Name : Book
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