The Sovereign, Subject and Colonial Justice

Revisiting the Trial of Bahadur Shah, 1858
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-34088-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

This volume analyzes the trial of Bahadur Shah, a watershed moment in the 19th-century colonial history of India. The trial of Bahadur Shah raises the contentious issue of sovereignty – trial of Emperor Bahadur Shah, de jure power by de facto claimant to power, the English East India Company. There has been a lot of confusion and controversy over the trial ever since the proceedings began – its main architects could not define if it really was a juristic trial, a court of enquiry, a court-martial, or a general enquiry? This book sheds light on this event through the original, unprinted manuscript of the Trial at the end of the uprising of the 1857. It critically investigates the trial, mainly its architecture, grammar, functioning, and findings from historical, political, and juridical perspectives to determine, as far as possible, the actual position of Emperor Bahadur Shah, his strengths, and his weaknesses. Further, it examines the Rebellion of 1857, particularly in Delhi, and Bahadur Shah’s role therein.

A key reading on justice in colonial history, this volume will be of interest to researchers and scholars of colonial and imperial history, modern history, political theory, and South Asia studies. It will also be of great interest to general readers interested in learning about the colonization of India by the British and its commercial arm East India Company.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yadav, K. C.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. 1. Introduction 2. Proceedings of the trial, 1858: Trial of Muhammad Bahadur Shah, Ex-King of Delhi 3. Supplement to the proceedings of the trial of Muhammad Bahadur Shah, ex-King of Delhi: Evidence of Hakim Ahsanullah Kahn, late confidential physician to the ex-King of Delhi. Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

K.C. Yadav was former Professor of History and Dean Academic Affairs, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India. He has authored/edited over a dozen research books published from India and abroad, and has contributed about 40 research papers and chapters to research journals and books.