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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Confessions of a Thug, Volume 2: In the service of H. H. the Nizam |
| Author(s) | Captain Taylor, Meadows |
| Section | Section II: Empire Writing & the Literature of Empire |
| Date | 1839 |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Richard Bentley |
| Library | British Library |
| Reference | T7634 |
| Region | South Asia |
| Names | Captain Meadows Taylor, Ameer Ali, Aurangzeb, Aurunzebe (p126), Shah Jehan, Sajaham, Shah Jhan (p129), Cheetoo (p328) |
| Places | India, Hyderabad, Puttuncherroo (p116), Beeder (p118), Ellichpoor (p134), saugor (p207), Jubbulpoor (p250), Boorhanpoor (p297) |
| Topics | fiction, Indian literature, travel, Thugs, Thuggee, soldier, dangers of travelling in India, travel, religion, Islam, Mohammedanism (pp1, 21, 43, 120, 179, 277), Hinduism (pp43, 179, 188), Char Minar (pp2, 72), procession (pp3-9), natural history, elephant (p4), love, romance (pp11, 84, 93, 98, 113, 166, 267, 275), death, murder (pp21, 40, 44, 47, 52, 56, 69, 134, 165, 171, 177, 187, 202, 207, 232, 244, 249, 288), theft (pp40, 44, 47, 56, 134, 228), crime and punishment (pp21, 39, 47, 52, 60178, 228), law (p177), gold (pp22, 49), precious stones (p53), burial customs, burial of victims (pp22, 45, 203, 207, 232), marijuana (p44), deception (pp77, 134, 239, 284, 300), subadar (pp54, 324), superstition, Thuggee religion (pp61-63, 176, 196, 328), language (pp82, 185, 305), Ramasee (pp82, 215), status of women, beating a woman (pp86, 92, 170), murder of women (pp171, 288), wibeating (p92), veil (pp90, 266-267), burka (p110), suicide (p98), marriage (pp99, 120, 124-125, 271, 277), Zenana (p108), Shakespeare (pp118, 155, 182, 237, 268, 321), power of money, bribery (pp121, 323), Why Thugs didn't attack English travellers (p138), colonial power (p138), dress (pp148, 183), murder of Nuwab (pp157, 165), sherbet (p162), guilt at murder of slave girl (p172), Fakeer (p172), western opinion of Thuggee morality (pp178, 187), religious tolerance between Thugs (p179), opium (pp221, 223, 279), fate, destiny (p257), marriage, polygamy (p277), health and disease (pp291-297), battle (p312), grief at death of Thug (pp315-321), anti-colonialism (pp326, 322), Pindharee (p331) |
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