ID | 012943 |
Call Number | 954.02/DAL |
Title Proper | White Mughals |
Other Title Information | Love and betrayal in eighteenth-century India |
Language | ENG |
Author | Dalrymple, William |
Publication | New Delhi, Penguin Books, 2002. |
Description | xliii, 580p White spine |
Note | An ambitious soldier of the East India Company, James Achilles Kirkpatrick fell passionately in love with Khari-un-nissa, the great-niece of the Nizam of Hyderabad's Prime Minister. Overcoming all possible obstacles to the consummation of his love, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam and even became a double agent working for the Hyderabadis against the East India Company. |
Note | List of illustrations Map : India in 1795 Map : Hyderabad in 1805 Family tree: The Shushtaris Family tree : The Kirkpatricks Dramatis personnae White Mughals Glossary Notes Bibliography |
Standard Number | 9780143030461 |
Price. Qualification | Rs. 599(Pb) |
Classification Number | 954.02 |
Key Words | India - History ; Race relations ; IBDP ; Colonialism ; India - social life and customs - 18th century ; History, Pre-1801 ; Kirkpatrick, James Achilles - 1764-1805 ; East India Company - History |