White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India
by Dalrymple, William
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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About This Item
London: Flamingo/HarperCollins, 2003 9780006550969. Softcover. VG/VG. First edition. First printing. Complete numberline. 580 pages including index. Spine creases but otherwise excellent condition. No inscriptions or annotations. This book uncovers a world unexplored by history, and places at its centre a tale of betrayal. From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa - 'Most Excellent among Women' - the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He fell in love with her and overcame many obstacles to marry her, converting to Islam and, according to Indian sources, becoming a double-agent working against the East India Company. It is a remarkable story, but such things were not unknown: from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the 'white Mughals' who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as 'Hindoo Stuart', who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of her own elephant. In 'White Mughals', William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal. .
Synopsis
White Mughals is a 2002 history book by William Dalrymple. Its Dalrymple's fifth major book.
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- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-century India
- Author
- Dalrymple, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0006550967
- ISBN 13
- 9780006550969
- Publisher
- London: Flamingo/HarperCollins, 2003 9780006550969
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- May 2, 2003
- Keywords
- East India Company White Mughals Eighteenth Century Hyderabad Betrayal Love Romance QSE
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