Description
Book SynopsisOffers an account of life in late eighteenth-century India. This book presents an Indian's view of the British conquest of India and conveys the vital role taken by Indians in the colonial process, especially as they negotiated relations with Britons both in the colonial periphery and the imperial metropole.
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PREFACE
A Text and a Life
Dean Mahomet in Europe (1784-185I)
The Significance of Dean Mahomet's Work
A Guide to This Volume
Acknowledgments
ONE: THE WORLD OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY INDIA
The Mughal Empire and the Regional States
The European East India Companies
The Diverse Origins of the Bengal Army
The New Model: The Sepoy
Sepoy Battalions
The Bengal Army's European Regiments
Dean Mahomet's Youth in Bihar (1759-69)
Dean Mahomet as Camp Follower (1769-81)
Dean Mahomet as Bengal Army Officer (1781-82)
Dean Mahomet in Transit (1782-84)
TWO: THE TRAVELS OF DEAN MAHOMET
THREE: DEAN MAHOMET IN IRELAND AND ENGLAND
(I784-1851)
Dean Mahomet Enters Cork
Publication of Travels
Cork Society
Immigration to London
Dean Mahomet Works for a Nabob
The Hindostanee Coffee House (1809-12)
The World of Brighton
Dean Mahomet and Jane Move to Brighton
The Battery House Baths (1815-20)
Mahomed's Baths (1821-43)
Shifting Self-Presentations
The Indian Method
Shampooing Surgeon to Royalty
Social Position in Brighton
Dean Mahomet's Legacies
Notes
Glossary
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index
