Emperor of the Five Rivers

Emperor of the Five Rivers

The Life and Times of Maharajah Ranjit Singh

Sheikh, Mohamed

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

09/2022

248

Mole

Inglês

9781350337138

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction

PART I: THE RISE TO POWER
Chapter 1 The Punjab and Sikhism
Chapter 2 The Misls
Chapter 3 Ranjit's Childhood
Chapter 4 Ruling as a Teenager
Chapter 5 Consolidation in Lahore
Chapter 6 Reaching out beyond Lahore
Chapter 7 Ranjit's Early Civil and Military Infrastructure
Chapter 8 More on Ranjit and His Close Family
Chapter 9 Enter the British
Chapter 10 Almost War, then a Treaty
Chapter 11 First Conquests in the Second Decade
Chapter 12 Setback and Victory in Kashmir
Chapter 13 Events at the Court

PART II: HIGH-POINT
Chapter 14 At the Midpoint (i): the Civil State
Chapter 15 At the Midpoint (ii): Trade, Industry and the Army
Chapter 16 Ranjit's Secularism
Chapter 17 Tales of the Hero
Chapter 18 The Third Decade Opens with a Bang
Chapter 19 Syed Ahmed, a Fanatical Interloper
Chapter 20 Anti-climax after a Grand Summit of Equals
Chapter 21 The Nobles
Chapter 22 Steadfast against British Provocation
Chapter 23 Caught up in the Great Game
Chapter 24 Fateful Conclusion with the British
Chapter 25 The End of a Great Life

PART III: COLLAPSE AND SURVIVAL
Chapter 26 Vicious Aftermath
Chapter 27 Bloody Finale
Chapter 28 Conclusion
Postscript Maharaja Dalip Singh

Appendices: Themes highlighting the life and times of Ranjit Singh
Appendix 1 Education under Ranjit Singh
Appendix 2 The Darbar
Appendix 3 The variety and tolerance of Punjabi religions
Appendix 4 Urban developments.
Appendix 5 The Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama
Appendix 6 Ranjit Singh's own words
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Punjab: Ranjit Singh; Maharajah; Treaty of Lahore; Sikh; Kashmir; Ludhiana; Ladakh; Peshawar; Amritsar; British; India