White Mughals / Love & Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India – William Dalrymple

Waxt zwart linnen hardcover
580 pagina’s
afm. 24 x 16 x 5,5 cm.
ISBN 10: 0002256762
ISBN 13: 9780002256766
Engelstalig

White Mughals / Love & Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India – William Dalrymple
James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British representative at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when, in 1798, he glimpsed a beautiful youg Mughal princess, Khair un-Nissa – “Most Excellent Among Women”. Falling in love with Khair, he converted to Islam and married her despite opposition from all sides. He also agreed to become a double agent, working for the Nizam against his employers, the East India Company. But Kirkpatrick’s stiry was not unique. This romantic and ultimately tragic tale of love across forbidden boundaries took place in a world almost entirely unexplored by history.

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