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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Confessions of a Thug, Volume 3: 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, Cheetoo (pp1-126), Tippoo Sultan (p57) |
| Places | India, Oomraotee (pp14-40), Basim (p45), Toljapoor (p49), Bheer (p52), Guntoor (p68), Bombay (p145), Buhadoorgurh (p178), Nagpoor (p226), Jhalone (p346) |
| Topics | fiction, Indian literature, travel, Thugs, Thuggee, soldier, dangers of travelling in India, plunder and sacking of Indian villages with Pinharees, plan of Pindharees to join Maharattas to remove Europeans from India (p58), Pindharees (pp1, 20, 58, 237), plunder, looting (pp9, 12, 19, 37, 46, 52), anti-colonialism (pp9, 57, 63, 68), skirmishes with British army, colonial conflict (pp10, 11, 69), bravery of English army (p10), gold (pp32, 54, 158, 348), jewels (pp32, 49, 49, 158, 348), murder of women (pp43, 65, 72), murder of child (pp224, 235), burial customs, burial of victims (pp44-45, 104, 122, 265), music and dance (p48), temple of Bhowanee (p49), religion, Islam , Mohammedanism (pp57, 75, 234, 350, 369), Hinduism (pp75, 234, 350), Maharattas (pp57, 125, 169), Zenana (pp61, 354), crime and punishment (pp65, 211, 309-331, 333, 361, 365, 397, 404-422), Shakespeare (pp67, 113, 138, 187, 248, 275, 300, 322, 363, 399), Milton (p345), Byron (p363), murder (pp72, 104,112, 145, 162, 176, 221, 232, 234, 235, 241, 263, 302, 339, 345, 360, 378, 381, 385), torture (pp73, 81, 128, 136, 333), rape (p73), caste (p75), opium (pp83, 92, 304), alcohol (pp86, 92, 384), Hooris (p95), colonial power, colonial rule (pp219, 230, 306, 313, 397), military supremacy of Europeans (pp125, 147), superstition, Thuggee religion (pp134, 141-143, 260), English warship (p148), colonial civil service, Indian Civil Service (pp151, 404), deception (p171), theft (pp176, 233, 304), marriage (pp189-191, 307), children (p192), praise of Europeans (p201), European culture (pp201-203), use of kniand fork (p202), murder of sister (p263), death penalty by elephant (p321), law (pp309, 361, 397, 404, 422), prison (pp323, 363-388), branding (p333), attempted escape (pp367-375), charity (p392), ransom (p397), colonial government desire to apprehend Thugs (p404), revenge (p415), deportation, transportation (p408) |
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