Zafar, Bahadur Shah II: The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857.(Brief article)(Book review)

From: Biography | Date: June 22, 2007| Author: Harshaw, Tobin | Copyright information

Zafar, Bahadur Shah II The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857. William Dalrymple. New York: Knopf, 2007. 534 pp. $30.00.

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