| |
The author has compiled the text of the three volumes book which is a historical fiction novel. The favour with which his former Indian tales have been received has induced him to write another, in illustration of one of the most important epochs in the history of the Dekhan. The character of the noble Queen Chand Beebee is still popular in the country; and her memory is reverenced, not only as the preserver of Beejapoor, but for the heroic resistance she made to the Moghul armies in their first invasion of the Dekhan and siege of Ahmednugger. The whole circumstances relating to the Queen, upon which this tale has been founded, are detailed in the history of Mahomed Kasim Ferishta, and can be read and verified in the translation of that work by the late Major-General Briggs. Queen Elizabeth reigned in England. In the Dekhan, King Boorhan Nizam Shah ruled over Ahmednugger, and King Ibrahim Adil Shah II. over the kingdom of Beejapoor. They were rivals. It was a fiery day in the end of the month, when a small party of horsemen, evidently weary from long travel, was passing over the plains which lie north of the Krishna river. This book is an indispensable one in regard to the history.
|
| |
ISBN : 9788121238267
Pages : 294
|