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Introduction
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The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857
Khan attempts to vindicate the Muslims for participating
in the Mutiny. Originally written in Urdu, in Agra, in 1858 or
1859, and published at the Mofussilite Press. Another edition
was published in Lahore by The Book House, 1970, viii &
86pp. Khan enumerates the causes of the Mutiny and gives a
point by point discussion about what went wrong in Bengal.
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Ahmad Khan, Sayyid, Sir; SIR SAYYID AHMAD
KHAN’S HISTORY OF THE BIJNOR REBELLION.
Translated with Notes and Introduction by Hafeez Malik
and Morris Dembo. Delhi: Idarah‑i Adabiyat, 1982. xxi &
221pp. Bibliography and index.
A scholarly work on the Mutiny period in Bijnor together
with a translation of Khan’s “Cause of the Indian Revolt” and his
“Prayer for Peace at Moradabad.”
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Ahmad, Dr. Quyamuddin. THE WAHABI
MOVEMENT IN INDIA. Calcutta: Firma K. L.
Mukhopadhyaya, 1966. xxiii & 391pp. Index and
bibliography.
Ahmad deals only with the Mutiny in passing. The
Wahabi’s were followers of Ahmad Barelvi and were not
associated with the well known movement in the Arabian
Peninsula. In Mutiny literature the mention of the Wahabi’s is
most easily found in reference to the Patna Crisis and William
Tayler. The movement was separate and distinct from the
Mutiny and was active both before and after the Mutiny.
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Ahmad, Safi (ed.) BRITISH AGGRESSION IN
AVADH: BEING THE TREATISE OF MOHAMMED
MASIH UDDIN KHAN BAHADUR ENTITLED,
“OUDH: ITS PRINCES AND ITS GOVERNMENT
VINDICATED.” London: John Davy and Sons, 1857.
xv & 179pp.
Originally suppressed by the British Government.
Reprinted in Meerut: Meenakshi Prakashan, 1969. Index and
bibliography.
Masih Khan was the plenipotentiary of Wajid Ali Shah,
the deposed King of Oudh. Upon the annexation of Oude
by Dalhousie, in 1856, Masih Khan was sent to plea Oudh’s
case before Queen Victoria and Parliament. This book was
written to acquaint England with the history of Oudh under
the Nawabs. It is not directly related to the Mutiny period but
was seized by the English upon the outbreak of the Mutiny
and suppressed.
The original 1857 edition is very rare as most of the
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IO 87
Government of India. NARRATIVE OF
EVENTS ATTENDING THE OUTBREAK OF
DISTURBANCES AND THE RESTORATION OF
AUTHORITY IN THE FURRUKABAD DISTRICT
IN 1857‑58. Number I report by W.G. Probyn, Number II
report by C.R. Lindsay. Allahabad: Government Press,
1858. 46pp.
Number I includes appendix which gives names
of the Europeans at Futtehgurh who went down at the
commencement of the outbreak to Cawnpore; those that
remained at the fort, etc.
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IO 9057.h.2
Government of India. NARRATIVE OF THE
MUTINY OF THE 29TH N.I. AT MORRADABAD.
NC. NP. ND.
Bound with other materials.
447
IO 9057.h.2
Government of India (Williams, Major G. W. ).
DEPOSITIONS TAKEN AT MEERUT BY MAJOR
G.W. WILLIAMS SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,
N.W.P. Allahabad: Government Press, 1858. 49pp.
Bound with other materials.
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IO
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Government of India. MUTINY IN INDIA.
NARRATIVE OF EVENTS REGARDING
THE MUTINY IN INDIA 1857‑58 AND THE
RESTORATION OF AUTHORITY. Calcutta: Foreign
Department Press, 1881. 2 Vols. 711pp. & 408pp.
By general order all local officers were requested to
compile narratives of events during the Mutiny in their areas.
These often contained day by day accounts and eyewitness
reports. The general order was issued April 30, 1858 and the
reports were published in 1881. This title is also listed as three
volumes in some references. For additional information see
Seton, “The Indian Mutiny 1857‑58,” page xii. (entry 945).
The contents of the two volumes are as follows:
Vol. I. Narrative of Events Attending the Outbreak and
Disturbances and Restoration of Authority in the Allahabad
District 1858. From: F. Thompson, Officiating Magistrate
Allahabad to E. C. Bailey, Officiating Commissioner, 4th
Division. Narrative of Events...Shahjanpoor, 7 December
1858. From H. D. Willock, Joint Magistrate Shahjehanpoor
to C. B. Thornhill, Commissioner of Allahabad. Appendix
IV. Memorandum of the Particulars of the Escape of Mr.
Corrigan and Family...From Futtehpoor to Allahabad.
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the Crimean War. Peel was the son of a past Prime Minister
of Great Britain.
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RS Verney, Major General G. L. THE DEVIL’S WIND.
The Story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow. From
the Letters of Edmund Hope Verney and Other Papers
Concerning the Enterprise of the Ship’s Company of H.M.S.
Shannon in the Campaign in India 1857‑58. London:
Hutchinson & Co., 1956. 176pp. Frontis and 11 illus.
Two maps, bibliography and index.
The author was the nephew of Edmund Hope Verney
author of “The Shannons Brigade in India.” Edmund’s
step‑mother’s younger sister was Florence Nightengale and
Brig. Adrian Hope was a second cousin of Edmund’s.
1098
RS Vibart, Col. H(enry) M. RICHARD BAIRD SMITH:
The Leader of the Delhi Heroes in 1857. London:
Archibald Constable, 1897. xii & 172pp. Portrait and
large folding map of Delhi.
“Private correspondence of the commanding engineer
during the siege and other interesting letters hitherto
unpublished.” Many of the letters from Smith to his wife are
reproduced here.
1099
RS Vibart, Colonel Edward THE SEPOY MUTINY: As
Seen by a Subaltern From Delhi to Lucknow. London:
Smith, Elder, 1898 & Scribner NY, xi & 308pp. 12
plates and 1 folding map.
Vibart was stationed at Delhi when the Mutiny broke out.
Vibart includes a chapter on the telegraph. A second edition
of the book appeared in 1899. Vibart’s parents, Major Edward
Vibart and Emily Vibart were killed at Cawnpore.
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Sut Vibart, Colonel Henry M. THE LIFE OF GENERAL
SIR HARRY N. D. PRENDERGAST, THE HAPPY
WARRIOR. London: NP. 1914. 445pp. 25 plates, 3
maps.
60 pages on Malwa and Central India during the Mutiny.
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Sut/Nigam
Wagentreiber, Florence. REMINISCENCES OF THE
SEPOY REBELLION OF 1857. Lahore: Civil and
Military Gazette, 1911. vi & 57pp.
Florence Wagentreiber was the grand‑daughter of
Colonel James Skinner the half‑caste leader of Skinner’s
Horse. Skinner (1778‑1841)had fourteen wives and was
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