Dastan-E-Ghadar: The Tale Of The Mutiny opens Goodreads in a new tab

Zahir Dehlvi was a poet and an official in the court of Bahadur Shah Zafar who lived through the Revolt of 1857. Written on his deathbed, his memoir chronicles the fading glory of the Mughal court and the horrifying spectacle of the Revolt and its aftermath. Translated by Rana Safvi and rendered into English for the first time, it is an intensely vivid and moving account of Delhi in 1857.