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White Mughals: Love And Betrayal In 18th-century India By William
Dalrymple (Paperback, 2003)
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 timeJames 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 CompanyIt 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 elephantIn White Mughals' William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal
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 elephantIn White Mughals' William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal
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