Book published by the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia in 2005, 130 pages. Paperback (N8128)
From the rear side cover: This book tells the story ofthe Hyderabad Residency and the Residents who lived in it. The first part of the book is based on an unpublished account by Arthur Pearce Howell, the officiating Resident for only a year (1888-89), who compiled a history from the Residency Records. Howell's account is all the more valuable since the Records are now believed to be lost. A princely state until 1948, ruled by the fabulously wealthy Nizams, Hyderabad saw itself as heir to the Mughal Empire and retained much old world charm and many curious customs. The Residents at Hyderabad, somewhat isolated from mainstream British India, enjoyed a certain independence not found in Calcutta or Delhi. They entertained the Nizams in the spacious Residency on the bank of the river Musi, and, in turn, were invited to splendid social events in the palaces...
The condition of the book is generally very good. The covers have one or two very minor scuffs but are clean and bright, the spine is intact and all pages are clean, intact, unblemished and tightly bound.