Begüm

Kenize Mourad, in her novel about the little-known story of Begum Hazrat Mahal of the Awadh Kingdom in Northern India, describes the events that took place in 1857 against the British occupation and While telling about the Sipahi Rebellion, which Begum herself led, it makes references to today's world that cannot be ignored.

Begum is the novel of a unique young woman who is not well known but took the first step in India's war of independence with her courage and heroism. Kenizé Mourad, whom we know with his books From Palace to Exile, The Smell of Our Land, this time tells about a great uprising caused by the British West India Company, which was the absolute ruler of most of the country in 1856, when it tried to annex the independent Awadhi state, the richest state of Northern India, and to exile the king of this state. The leader of this uprising is the king's fourth wife.

Lucknow, the capital of the Kingdom of Awadh and known as the Golden and Silver City due to its magnificence and harmonious lives of different communities, will be the center of this first independence; The most brutal massacres, the most incredible acts of bravery, the most disgusting betrayals, the most hopeless and the most forbidden of loves will happen here. Begum is the story of the spirit of a revolution and an unforgettable woman.

The historical events and heroes in this story are real.
This The epic developed in Northern India, in the Kingdom of Awadh, which at the height of its power was half the size of France, equivalent to the modern-day state of Uttar Pradesh.



Number of Pages: 313

< b>Print Year: 2014


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Everest Publications

Cover : Utku Lomlu

First Print Year : 2011

Number of Pages: 313

Language: Turkish