{"id":928,"date":"2021-01-25T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=928"},"modified":"2021-01-25T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T17:28:53","slug":"sharma-jyoti-p-kothi-begam-samru-a-tale-of-transformation-in-19th-century-delhi-marg-a-magazine-of-the-arts-1-june-2010-rpt-in-the-free-library-accessed-15-jan-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=928","title":{"rendered":"Sharma, Jyoti P. \u201cKothi Begam Samru: a tale of transformation in 19th-century Delhi.\u201d Marg, A Magazine of the Arts, 1 June 2010. Rpt. in The Free Library. Accessed 15 Jan 2021."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article is available free online through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreelibrary.com\/Kothi+Begam+Samru%3A+a+tale+of+transformation+in+19th-century+Delhi.-a0249607821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Free Library<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis account by an East India Company officer tells of Begam Samru, an affluent and&nbsp;politically astute lady of rather ambiguous origins who lived in the 19th century. The account&nbsp;makes it amply clear that the Begam had cordial relations with the British who controlled Delhi&nbsp;and its outlying territories from 1803. Indeed, Lord Lake, the architect of the British victory over&nbsp;Delhi, was a frequent guest to the lavish entertainment soirees held at her residence there which&nbsp;were known for their splendid European style banquets, <em>nautch <\/em>sessions, and fireworks&nbsp;displays.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article is available free online through The Free Library.&nbsp; Abstract&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis account by an East India Company officer tells of Begam Samru, an affluent and&nbsp;politically astute lady of rather ambiguous origins who lived in the 19th century. The account&nbsp;makes it amply clear that the Begam had cordial relations with the British who controlled Delhi&nbsp;and <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/?p=928\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65,61,53],"tags":[120,128,26,49],"class_list":["post-928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-tawaifs","category-open-sourcefree-online","category-profiles","tag-begam-samru","tag-open-source-free","tag-secondary-source","tag-tawaif"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.huronresearch.ca\/courtesansofindia\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}