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9780195666052

The Nocturnal Court The Life of a Prince of Hyderabad

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  • ISBN13:

    9780195666052

  • ISBN10:

    0195666054

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-04-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Translated from the Urdu diary of the poet-courtier Sidq Jaisi, this is a first-hand account of life in the court of the last Nizam of Hyderabad. It recounts the splendor and decay of court life in the early twentieth century.

Table of Contents

List of Photographs vii
Acknowledgements ix
Foreword xiii
Genealogical Tree of the Asif Jahi Dynasty xv
Asif Jahi Rulers of Hyderabad xvi
Map of Hyderabad State xvii
Introduction xix
Prologue lxi
The Nocturnal Court (Darbaar-e-Dürbaar by Sidq Jaisi)
Fani in Hyderabad Deccan
3(5)
The First Night at the Court
8(10)
The Second Night at the Court
18(7)
The Night of Eid
25(8)
Declining a Job
33(7)
The Curse of Alcohol
40(7)
Jhumman's Insolence
47(5)
The Horsemanship of Dagh
52(8)
Irani's Urdu
60(5)
The Deccani Colonel Blimp
65(4)
Nawab Shahab Jung
69(6)
Royal Largesse
75(5)
The Departure of Begum Akhtar
80(3)
Ragging Piya
83(3)
The Prince Goes to Europe
86(5)
Notes 91

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