George Thomas - The Rajah from Tipperary

Authors

  • Allen Foster

Abstract

Towards the end of the last century the once mighty empire of the Chaghtai Turks in India had become-a complete ruin. The ship of State, whose braveries of silk and gold bad shone so fair and far, now lay a wreck upon the water. It is difficult to find a parallel in history for the state of things that existed in 1789. At Delhi, contrary to all traditions, a blind Emperor sat upon the throne of Shahjahan. The Mahratta confederacy held sway from Puba to the walls of the Capital. The Capital itself was under a French Governor. The Savoyard, de Boigne, held his quasi Court at Aligarh; Begam Sombre had established an oasis of servile peace at Sardhana. Over this chaotic scene the future of the great Moghul still turned; a crowned but sightless presence: "toujours assis sur le, trone; et tout se faisait en son nom " (de Boigne.)

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Published

2008-01-30