A vivid history of Bahadur Shah Zafar and Delhi’s fall in the 1857 uprising, ending Mughal rule and a remarkable culture.
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A vivid history of Bahadur Shah Zafar and Delhi’s fall in the 1857 uprising, ending Mughal rule and a remarkable culture.
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On a dark evening in November 1862, a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silence. There are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the British Commissioner in charge has insisted, 'No vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Mughals rests.' This Mughal is Bahadur Shah Zafar II, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising. The Siege of Delhi was the Raj's Stalingrad, the end of both Mughal power and a rem...
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Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Siege battles, massacres, executions, and bloody reprisals of the 1857 uprising
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Substance use
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Brief period references to courtly drinking and opium use
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Religious content
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Islamic court culture, Hindu-Muslim practice, missionary tension drive the revolt
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Colonialism, imperialism, and the 1857 anti-colonial uprising are central
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Abuse & suffering
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Mass civilian suffering, harsh colonial reprisals, and wartime cruelty
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