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1 online resource (433 pages) |
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'That Energetic Old Lady' -- Pageants and Pantomimes -- The Sorrows of Akhtar -- The House of Fairies -- At Garden Reach -- A Tigress Escapes from the Menagerie -- A Mimic Kingdom |
| Summary |
The Last King in India is the story of an extraordinary man whose memory still divides opinion sharply today. Was he, as the British described him, a debauched ruler who spent his time with ""fiddlers, eunuchs and women' instead of running the kingdom? Or, as most Indians believe, a gifted poet whose works are still quoted today, and who was robbed of his throne by the East India Company? Somewhere in between the two extremes lies a complex character: a man who married over 350 women, directed theatrical events lasting a month, and built a fairytale palace in Lucknow. Wajid Ali Shah was writte |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wajid ʻAli Shah, King of Oudh, 1822-1887.
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Wajid ʻAli Shah, King of Oudh, 1822-1887 fast |
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Kings and rulers
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Oudh (Princely State) -- Kings and rulers -- Biography
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Oudh (Princely State) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85018147
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India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064915
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India
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India -- Oudh (Princely State)
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Biographies
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849044080 |
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1849044082 |
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