Book Summary of Bahadur Shah Zafar And The War Of 1857 In Delhi Even though much literature on Bahadur Shah Zafar and the 1857 revolt exists, Mahdi Husain's book continues to be of considerable relevance to the historians of Modern India. It is rich in details, and offers a dispassionate interpretation of the 1857 revolt. The book brings alive to the present-day reader, the trauma of living in 1857, a trauma that people like Syed Ahmad Khan and the Poet Mirza Ghalib experienced. About Author : Dr. S. Mahdi Husain was a distinguished historian of medieval India. He wrote a number of important books, specially on the Tughlaq period. His biography of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, in particular, is a reference book that sets at rest many of the speculative theories about that ruler. Likewise, his editing of Ibn Battuta's Rehal and Isami's Futuhu's Salatin bear testimony to his scholarship. Contents : New Preface by Mushirul Hasan Preface Introduction Character of Bahadur Shah II Bahadur Shah II and The Sepoys Bahadur Shah and The British Bahadur Shah and The British Confronting a Formidable Situation Grappling with Terrible Problems Fighting to Expel The English Unable to Drive The English From The Ridge Fall of Delhi Sources Appendix