The Last Gathering

Author :

Munshi Faizuddin

Ather Farouqui

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ROLI BOOKS PVT LTD.

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Publisher	ROLI BOOKS PVT LTD.
Publication Year	2021
ISBN-13	9788194969150
ISBN-10	9788194969150
Binding	Hardcover
Edition	FIRST
Number of Pages	28 Pages
Language	(English)
Dimensions (Cms)	20 x 25 x 4
Weight (grms)	650
Subject	Biographies & Autobiographies

First published in 1885, Bazm-i Aakhir, or The Last Gathering is a rich and lively first-hand account of life in the royal court of the last Mughal emperor in Red Fort, Bahadur Shah Zafar. From meticulous details of the day-to-day happenings inside the fort-palace and the royal protocols, to the celebration of festivals such as Eid, Navroz, Diwali, and even Rakshabandhan, this gives us a glimpse into the Delhi of the early nineteenth century.

Munshi Faizuddin

Ather Farouqui

Ather Farouqui, translator, Bazm-i Aakhir, is a pioneering scholar of Urdu language and education. He was conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2012 for his Urdu and Hindi translations of Sons of Babur (Babur ki Aulad), an English play by Salman Khurshid. Farouqui’s academic focus lies on aspects of Urdu, Urdu-related politics, as well as Muslims in contemporary India. One of his notable publications include the translation of The Life and Poetry of Bahadur Shah Zafar. He also edited Muslims and Media Images: News versus Views and Redefining Urdu Politics in India. His most recent publication, Delhi in Historical Perspectives, is a translation of essays on the historical and cerebral cultural life of the capital city by medieval Indian historian Professor K.A. Nizami. These days Farouqui is translating books of the nineteenth and early twentieth century related to the politics of the time and the syncretic culture of Delhi which evolved as a synthesis of over many centuries and synthesized innumerable regional influences from across the country.