Zafar and the Blood On British Hands ; the Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple (Bloomsbury, Pounds 25)

A FEW hours before dawn on 4 October 1858, Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor of India, left his capital on a bullock cart. Once he had been a truly impressive man: a talented calligrapher, a brilliant poet, a discriminating patron, a thoughtful and tolerant ruler.

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Zafar and the Blood On British Hands ; the Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857

Now he was merely a common criminal with a few years to live.

There were no crowds to cheer his departure, just a detachment of tired British troopers literally...

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