ABSTRACT
The chapter focuses on the counter-archive created by Wajid to confront colonial invasion—the context that led him to do so, the people he employed, the texts he wrote and commissioned, and the strategies he employed to make sure that his word reaches not just the office of the British Crown but also pervaded the citizenry in both England and India. By highlighting the extent to which Wajid took proactive steps to create the counter-archive and question the biased colonial construction of his kingdom, the chapter challenges the colonial dismissal of Wajid as a weak, incapable, and negligent ruler who just cared for leisure.
