Mewat
Subtitle: A Retrospective
Publisher: Sahitya Sansthan, Ghaziabad
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Ghaziabad
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
Description: This book “Mewat: A Retrospective” is a brief account of the Mewat area, its people and history. It also includes the origin, custom, and traditions of the Meo community which are to many extent different from the other communities of India. It is rather mysterious for the readers to know that these people of the unique culture and civilization reside in the National Capital Region or the suburb of Delhi, the national capital of India. The author gives the full detail of the origin of this aboriginal Meo tribe also throws light on their acceptance of Islam. In this book the author has covered the period from the Muslim invasion in India until the British period when the Mewati people proved their bravery during the First War of Independence. Some periods of the freedom movement also have been covered. The vast period which has been written in this book witness the details of the Mewatis as rulers and as subject. Their relations with the Delhi rulers like Ilbaris, Tughtaqs, Sayyeds, Lodis and Mughals including the British in modern times has also been discussed in detail. The whole chapters are written in such a way that the reader will be informed of all important aspects of the Mewati history. This book resembles the complete history of Mewat composed of both the original sources and heterogeneous materials with the proper application of the hypothesis.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Chapter 1:- Geography, Culture and Traditions of Mewat; title: Chapter 2:- Origin of the Meo Community; title: Chapter 3:- The Khanzadas of Mewat; title: Chapter 4:- Meo’s Conversion to Islam and Tabligh Movement; title: Chapter 5:- Sufi Saints of Mewat; title: Chapter 6:- Meo’s Retribution under Balban; title: Chapter 7:- Raja Bahadur Nahar Khan; title: Chapter 8:- Raja Jalal Khan; title: Chapter 9:- Raja Hasan Khan; title: Chapter 10:- Rulers of Firozpur Jhirka; title: Chapter 11:- Narukas of Alwar; title: Chapter 12:- Jats of Deeg and Bharatpur; title: Chapter 13:- Badgujars of Ghasera; title: Chapter 14:- Stories as told by Mirasis; title: Chapter 15:- Meos and the Revolt of 1857; title: Chapter 16:- Uncrowned Kings of Mewat; title: Bibliography