This book traces the history of one of the quixotic figures who had occupied the Mughal throne in Hindustan. His character is to be gleaned from his actions, which have been described at full length from his attitude towards the problems in life and the opinions expressed by him in regard to private and public matters.
Born in the purple. he had to pass through vicissitudes of no mean order; the metal of which he was made was subjected more than once to crucial tests; he had to put up with treachery, intrigue and ingratitude of the basest kind but nothing seemed to disturb the equanimity of his temper or indomitable spirit.