Vizier Ali Khan Or The Massacre Of Benares Book A Chapter in British Indian History Published anonymously but actually by John Frederick Davis. Printed in Benares at the Medical Hall Press in 1881 First published in 1844, this is the second edition "printed in a limited number of copies, chiefly for the supply of private friends and relatives. Paper-covered boards with cloth strip for spine as originally issued, front cover diagonally cracked but holding firmly inside with no damage