Kingdom of Oud

Japanese: アウド王国 - あうどおうこく

…Anis was a poet active during the reign of the Indian Sultanate of Oudh. Along with his contemporary Mirzā Dabīr, he is considered one of the greatest poets of martyrdom. Born in Faizabad, Anis's family had been famous poets for generations, from his great-grandfather Zahiq to his grandfather Mir Hasan to his father Khaliq, and he too learned poetry from his father. …

From the Indian Rebellion

…The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II continued to exist in name only, but some of the remaining princely states, such as Satara and Jhansi, were annexed under the “forfeiting policy” that “if the king had no legitimate children, he would not be allowed to adopt them, and the kingdom would be annexed by the East India Company.” The kingdom of Oudh, home to many sepahis and with a young king, was unreasonably annexed for “mismanagement,” which enraged the sepahis. The sepahis’ numbers had swelled since they had been used by the East India Company in the Battle of Plassey, and were said to have numbered 200,000 just before the rebellion, but the need for them was decreasing with the end of the conquest process. …

From Lucknow

...The capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is an administrative and cultural city located about 485 km southeast of the capital Delhi, on the right bank of the Gumti River. It has the second largest population in the state after Kanpur. Population: 1,619,000 (1991). Located at a strategic transportation hub in the middle reaches of the Ganges, the city's origins date back to the 13th century. In the mid-16th century, it flourished as one of the central cities of the Sher Shah princely state, but after 1775 it developed as the capital of the Oudh princely state under the Mughal Empire. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the Kingdom of Oudh is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…インドのアウド王国治下に活躍した詩人で，同時代のダビールMirzā Dabīrと共に殉教史詩マルシアMarsiaの最高峰に位置づけられている。ファイザーバードで生まれたアニースの家系は，曾祖父のザーヒク，祖父のミール･ハサン，父のハリークと代々著名な詩人であり，彼もまた父親に詩作を学んだ。…

【インド大反乱】より

…最後のムガル皇帝バハードゥル･シャー2世は形骸として存続していたが，いくつか残った藩王国もサターラーやジャーンシーのように，〈王に嫡出子がない場合は養子を認めず，王国は東インド会社が併合する〉とする〈失権政策〉により併合された。多くのシパーヒーの出身地であり，まだ若年の王を頂くアウド王国は〈失政〉を理由に理不尽に併合され，シパーヒーの憤激を買った。さてシパーヒーはプラッシーの戦に東インド会社に使われて以来その人数が膨張し，反乱直前には20万ともいわれたが，征服過程の終了とともに彼らの必要性は減少しつつあった。…

【ラクナウ】より

…インド北部，ウッタル･プラデーシュ州の中央部にある州都。首都デリーの東南東約485km，グムティ川の右岸に発達する行政･文化都市。カーンプルに次いで州内第2位の人口をもつ。人口161万9000(1991)。ガンガー(ガンジス)中流域の交通の要衝に位置するため，町の起源は13世紀にさかのぼる。16世紀中期には，シェール･シャー藩王国の一中心都市として栄えたが，1775年以降，ムガル帝国下のアウド藩王国の主都として発展した。…

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