3-011-531 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Indian rebel, Zahoor-ool-Hoosein, recently captured, 1862. Engraving from a photograph '...taken at Poona by Lieutenant-Colonel I. D. Stewart, of the Bombay [ie British Indian] army...of one of the leaders in the Indian mutiny of 1857...This rebel, who has so long evaded justice, has recently been captured in the Bombay Presidency, and is about to be forwarded to Oude for trial...The Police Commissioner N. D. in reporting this important capture justly notes it "as a remarkable instance of the retribution which is slowly but surely overtaking all the principal criminals and leaders of the rebellion. The home and family of Zahoor-ool-Hoosein are in the north-west of Hindostan, and he attempted to evade pursuit by abandoning both for the extreme south-west corner of the Nizam's dominions in the Deccan. He was there in the enjoyment of place and power when apprehended on information obtained in the distant province of Guzerat, and by means of this information an offender is brought to justice for crimes committed five years ago in the province of Oude, at the other extremity of India".' From "Illustrated London News", 1862.