ENGLISH

Asar-us-Sanadid - (The Remnants of Ancient Heroes)

By Rana Safvi , Syed Ahmed Khan

Book information

Publisher
Tulika Books
Year
2017
ISBN
9789382381877, 9382381872
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
29 MB (30629843 bytes)
Edition
Translation
Pages
400\597
Topic
History
Time added
2022-10-25 17:32:05

Description

This book brings together in English translation for the first time the two editions of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan's classic account of the monuments and environs of the pre-colonial city of Delhi, titled in Urdu Asar-us-Sanadid (The Remnants of Ancient Heroes). The translator provides a commentary in the form of annotations and appendices that demonstrates the historical development of the text between 1847 and 1854, also reflecting the life of its subject, Delhi, which was to be irreversibly transformed by the cataclysmic events of 1857. The volume includes sketches based on the lithographs in the first Urdu edition. The translation fills a crucial lacuna in the historical archive for nineteenth-century Delhi and will be a valuable resource for urban historians and students of Delhi's monumental history.

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