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This volume joins together in English for the first time the two editions of Sir Sayyid Ahmed Khan's classic account of the monuments and environs of precolonial Delhi. Translator Rana Safvi's annotations and appendices trace the historical development of the text between 1847 and 1854, before the cataclysmic events of 1857 changed Delhi forever. The volume includes sketches from the original Urdu edition. It is a valuable resource for urban historians and scholars of Delhi's monumental history.

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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was one of the architects of modern India and the founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, which later became the Aligarh Muslim University. Rana Safvi holds a master's in medieval Indian history from the Aligarh Muslim University. She is a translator and historian of the monuments of Delhi. Her book Where Stones Speak: Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the first city of Delhi, was published in 2015.

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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan (1817-1898) was one of the architects of modern India and the founder of the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, which later became the Aligarh Muslim University. Rana Safvi holds a master's in medieval Indian history from the Aligarh Muslim University. She is a translator and historian of the monuments of Delhi. Her book Where Stones Speak: Historical Trails in Mehrauli, the first city of Delhi, was published in 2015.

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