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. It is a remarkable story, involving secret assignations, court intrigue, harem politics, religious and family disputes. But such things were not unknown; from the early 16th century, when the Inquisition banned the Portuguese in Goa from wearing the dhoti, 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. William Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as 'Hindoo Stuart', who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his templeful of idols; and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of their own elephant. In "White Mughals", William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal.

White Mughals

WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited

City of Djinns A Year in Delhi

Travel

Travel Writing

Penguin books.India

Hindoo Holiday

J.R. ACKERLEY

Penguin books, limited

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.

History

Asia

William dalrymple was born in scotland and brought up on the shores of firth of forth he is the author of five books of history and travel, including the highly acclaimed best-seller city of djinns, which won the 1994 thomas cook travel book award and the sunday times young british writer of the year award his previous book, white mughals, garnered a range of prizes, including the prestigious wolfson prize for history 2003 and the scottish book of the year prize it was also shortlisted for the pen history award, the kiriyama prize and the james tait black memorial prize a stage version by christopher hampton has been co-commissioned by the national theatre and the tamasha theatre company a fellow of the royal society of literature and of the royal asiatic society, dalrymple was awarded the 2002 mungo park medal by the royal scottish geographical society for his outstanding contribution to travel literature and the sykes medal of the royal society of asian affairs in 2005 for his contribution to the understanding of contemporary islam he wrote and presented three television series, stones of the raj, sufi soul and indian journeys, the last of which won the grierson award for best documentary series at bafta in 2002 in december 2005 his article on the madrasas of pakistan was awarded the prize for print article of the year at the 2005 fpa media awards he is married to the artist olivia fraser, and they have three children they divide their time between london, scotland and delhi

In Xanadu : A Quest

The age of kali is thought-provoking book written by william dalrymple this book deals with the idea of kali yug or kal yug during a time of political and social turmoil this book shows readers the apparent forces that are driving india today in this book, the author expresses his fears that india as a nation is falling into a cycle of volatile temperament, strife and corruption this book is a story of fanatic religious followers, corrupt politicians, social disintegration and communal violence these factors are signs of kali yug in this country as a man who lived in india for a long time, the author writes about his encounters in torturous times in hindu physiology, the phase of kali yug is a time when the world seems to be filled with greed and turmoil, where morals plummet this book contains a set of vivid and detailed essays that talks about certain people, places and events mainly from india the time frame of this information is from the early to mid-nineties and includes important people such as benazir bhutto, imran khan and baba sehgal this book covers a diverse range of topics and places such as the bhutto family, violence in bihar, lucknow, satimata, hyderabad and the city of widows the age of kali was published by penguin india in 2004 this book is available in paperback key features: the book released in india under the name at the court of the fish-eyed goddess

The Age Of Kali : Indian Travels And Encounters

Penguin Books Indian Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

The fast-paced new novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Best Laid Plans, Morning, Noon &amp; Night and Bloodline. Someone was following her. She had read about stalkers, but they belonged in a different, faraway world. She had no idea who it could be, who would want to harm her. She was trying desperately hard not to panic, but lately her sleep had been filled with nightmares, and she had awakened each morning with a feeling of impending doom. Thus begins Sidney Sheldon s chilling novel, Tell Me Your Dreams. Three beautiful young women are suspected of committing a series of brutal murders. The police make an arrest that leads to one of the most bizarre murder trials of the century. Based on actual events, Sheldon s novel races from London to Rome to Quebec City to San Francisco, with a climax that will leave the reader stunned.

The Last Mughal the fall of Delhi, 1857

Penguin

"The Last Mughal" is the most definitive account of events centered on Bahadut Shah Zafar and the great Indian mutiny in and around Delhi in 1857-58. Based upon an immense amount of empirical research, often unearthing archival material hitherto untouched by historians, Dalrymple achieves and admirable balance between fairness and a moving empathy with the subjects of his book.

The Last Mughul

Bloomsbury Publishing

From the author of The Last Mughal (“A compulsively readable masterpiece” —The New York Review of Books), an exquisite, mesmerizing book that illuminates the remarkable ways in which traditional forms of religious life in India have been transformed in the vortex of the region’s rapid change—a book that distills the author’s twenty-five years of travel in India, taking us deep into ways of life that we might otherwise never have known exist. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet—and spends the rest of his life atoning for the violence by hand printing the finest prayer flags in India . . . A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her closest friend ritually starve herself to death . . . A woman leaves her middle-class life in Calcutta and finds unexpected fulfillment living as a Tantric in an isolated, skull-filled cremation ground . . . A prison warder from Kerala is worshipped as an incarnate deity for three months of every year . . . An idol carver, the twenty-third in a long line of sculptors, must reconcile himself to his son’s desire to study computer engineering . . . An illiterate goatherd from Rajasthan keeps alive in his memory an ancient four-thousand-stanza sacred epic . . . A temple prostitute, who initially resisted her own initiation into sex work, pushes both her daughters into a trade she nonetheless regards as a sacred calling. William Dalrymple chronicles these lives with expansive insight and a spellbinding evocation of circumstance. And while the stories reveal the vigorous resilience of individuals in the face of the relentless onslaught of modernity, they reveal as well the continuity of ancient traditions that endure to this day. A dazzling travelogue of both place and spirit.

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Bloomsbury UK

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White Mughals

City of Djinns A Year in Delhi

Hindoo Holiday

White Mughals

In Xanadu : A Quest

The Age Of Kali : Indian Travels And Encounters

The Last Mughal the fall of Delhi, 1857

The Last Mughul

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India