White Mughals

• Date de parution : 22/01/2004
• Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd Digital
• EAN : 9789351184553
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• Support : Livre numérique

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James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered-'not by an army but by a Muslim Indian princess. Kirkpatrick was the British... Voir plus

James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered-'not by an army but by a Muslim Indian princess. Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa-''Most Excellent among Women'-'the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister. He fell in love with Khair, and overcame many obstacles to marry her-'not least of which was the fact that she was locked away in purdah and engaged to a local nobleman. Eventually, while remaining Resident, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam, and according to Indian sources even became a double-agent working for the Hyderabadis against the East India Company. Possessing all the sweep of a great nineteenth-century novel, White Mughals is a remarkable tale of harem politics, secret assignations, court intrigue, religious disputes and espionage.