The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty; Delhi, 1857by William Dalrymple
โ Scribed by Review by: Taymiya R. Zaman
- Book ID
- 124661578
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9371
- DOI
- 10.2307/25482733
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