TITLE:
White Mughals : love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India / William Dalrymple.
Publication Date:
2004, 2002
Publication Information:
London : Harper Perennial,
Physical Description:
580 p. : ill.
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Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780006550969
