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Title of ebook: The Last Mughal (E-Book)
ISBN: 9780307267399
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Internet download file size: 2416 kb
Released online for download: 03-27-2007
Author of eBook: Dalrymple, William

 

Chapter One
Chapter One
: A Chessboard King

The marriage procession of Prince Jawan Bakht left the Lahore Gate of the Red Fort at 2 a.m. on the hot summer night of 2 April 1852.

With a salute from the cannon stationed on the ramparts, and an arc of fireworks and rockets fired aloft from the illuminated turrets of the Fort, the two gates opposite the great thoroughfare of Chandni Chowk swung open.

The first to emerge were the chobdars, or mace bearers. The people of Delhi have never much liked being restrained by barriers and were in the habit of breaking through the bamboo railings hung with lamps that illuminated the processional route. It was the job of the chobdars to clear a way through the excitable crowd, before the imperial elephants—always a little unpredictable in the presence of fireworks—appeared lumbering through the gates.

Two ministers of state on horseback began the procession proper. Shell ornaments were ... read full excerpt from The Last Mughal (E-Book) ebook




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