Delhi in Transition, 1821 and Beyond : Mirza Sangin Beg's Sair-ul Manazil
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199477736
ISBN-13
9780199477739
Publisher
OUP India
Imprint
OUP India
Country of Manufacture
IN
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 11th, 2018
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.40 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
History of architectureAsian historyModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
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This book documents the layout of the city and the author's observations regarding the buildings, habitations, bazars, localities, residences, individuals, as well as anecdotes of city life and expressions of rich local cultures.
This work is an annotated translation of Mirza Sangin Beg''s Sair-ul Manazil which is one of the last works on Delhi written in Persian. The editor introduces the text to the readers and then proceeds with the translation on the basis of comparison of the four existing copies of the text including the Berlin manuscript which is being consulted for the first time. It depicts the early nineteenth-century Delhi as a city in transition. The original work was commissioned by the English East India Company between 1818 and 1820 and it documents the layout of the city and the author''s observations regarding the buildings, habitations, bazars, localities, residences, individuals, as well as anecdotes of city life and expressions of rich local cultures.
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