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White Mughals is the love story of lovers James Achilles Kirkpatrick and Khair un-Nissa, two people belonging to diverse cultures and races at a time when India was under the colonial rule of the British. Their love transcended all the political, social and cultural barriers as James married Nissa and converted to Islam. But is this the happy ending of their story or there is a dark side to it is the theme of the story.

Although White Mughals at the crux is a love story, there is more to it in the sense that it gives a detailed picture of the socio-political-cultural life in India in the late 18th and early 19th century. It is filled with interesting details as to how some of the British people in India imbibed a lot of our culture, our clothes and our language. and how because of the East meeting West and the consequent relationships between British men and Indian women, a new breed of Anglo-Indian community formed.

White Mughals is indeed an interesting blend of love, culture, politics and history and is a gripping story. This book was published by Penguin India in the year 2004 and is available in paperback.

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White Mughals is an intriguing narrative of how the East meets West and consequently what repercussions take place.
Contains fascinating and minute details about the bygone era In 2011, it was announced that a motion picture might be made on it.

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William Dalrymple is a man of many and extraordinary talents. He is a renowned historian, an author and a critic. He has written a number of books which give us glimpses of Indian History and all of his books have been hugely successful, both in terms of critical acclaims as well as the masses response.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0143030469
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin India (22 January 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 580 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780143030461
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143030461
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 610 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.86 x 15.24 x 3.85 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ BOOK

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William Dalrymple FRSL, FRGS, FRAS (born William Hamilton-Dalrymple on 20 March 1965) is a Scottish historian and writer, art historian and curator, as well as a prominent broadcaster and critic.

His books have won numerous awards and prizes, including the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award, the Hemingway, the Kapuściński and the Wolfson Prizes. He has been four times longlisted and once shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. He is also one of the co-founders and co-directors of the annual Jaipur Literature Festival.

In 2012 he was appointed a Whitney J. Oates Visiting Fellow in the Humanities by Princeton University. In the Spring of 2015 he was appointed the OP Jindal Distinguished Lecturer at Brown University.

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Purnima Gupta

Engrossing read

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Thoroughly enjoyed reading this undiscovered unknown aspect of British period in India.

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 24 October 2022

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The book is captivating and in true William Dalrymple style. Cannot put it down till read. The book brings to life the lives and as eras changed. Go for it folks and read it. Thanks William for this masterpiece.

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sharad

A slice of indian history that we knew so little!

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Excellent book for those who have interest in Indian history but do not have patience to read the boring academic texts. It reads like a racy novel. This is my 6th Dalrymple book and I intend to finish his entire works in a year.

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Vintage William Dalrymple navigates the readers into the mysterious era with his brilliant research and lucid writing, A collectible account for every history buff. It gives a glimpse into the times when number of foreign empires coexisting in the subcontinent were more than one could count.

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Good book, gives a good peak into the colonial era

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Set at a time when East India company was trying to plant its feet in India, this books details the story of James Kirkpatrick and his muslim wife Kairrunissa. The book gives a very detailed glimpse to the life and times of James Kirkpatrick, the Bristish Resident of Hyderabad and his affair with Khair, a syed and belonging to the Nizam's family. I was bowled over by Khiarunissa's character, who surreptitiously engaged in an affair with the British resident, defying her grandfather and finaly succeeding in marrying the man she loved.
This book reconfirmed by belief that India was successful in enchanting its occupiers and assimilating them into her fold

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I like two kind of books 10 If it deals with History and 2nd) If it deals with crime , so this book come under first category and bought it , once again if you love history you will love this book.

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A typical, by now familiar, William Dalrymple style of writing

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I'm an ardent fan of William Dalrymple. How can I dislike anything about this book? He writes without, even a trace of, prejudice.

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Myth Becomes a Legend paving the way for a Saga.

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It took me a little over 2 months of dedicated reading to writing this. Nothing I say here is new or hasn't been said or written about this Gem. The first two pages are the sheer testament to its mammoth accomplishment. That being said, White Mughals is Gripping. An investigative travelogue exploring a complex and hybrid Anglo-Mughal world of 18th Century through the romance of Khair-un-Nissa with J.A Kirkpatrick. The book has been called a rich 'plum-pudding' for some reason after all. This book has the capacity to change your outlook and 'Khair' will captivate you for a good time. Dalrymple knows India as he knows Brits.

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Adrian J. Smith

Allow yourself to be transported back to 18th Century India

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Having previously read The Last Mughal, this raised my expectations from William Dalrymple, and White Mughals certainly did not disappoint.
While the book mainly focuses on the tragic romance between James Achilles Kirkpatrick and Khair Un Nissa, the former being a White Mughal (a European adapted to Indian culture) the book does provide, at least in its opening paragraph, a panorama of Europeans who "went native" and adapted to Indian ways, converting mainly to Islam, though in a few cases, Hinduism.
Through the course of the book, we learn that this was not unusual in the 18th and early 19th centuries, though it became much less prevalent as the arrogance of British colonial rule increased from the mid 19th century onward, culminating in the war of 1857.
While the opening chapter may be a panorama of European-Indian interactions, and the subsequent chapters a retelling of the relationship and fortunes of Kirkpatrick and Khair Un Nissa, Dalrymple is highly descriptive, and the insights (one must read the footnotes for the whole picture) coupled with Dalrymple's prose elegance, help transport the reader back to Georgian era British India, creating a sense of sentimental attachment that is rarely found in non-fiction.
A problem is that the characters do seem somewhat distant to the reader, in a sense that would not be found in a fictional novel, however, this is non-fiction and relies on documentary evidence, in this case letters, of which direct citations are often used.
If one approaches this expecting a Pride & Prejudice like novel, they may be disappointed, however, if one comes to this book with no pre-conceived expectations and simply allows Dalrymple to transport them back to early British India, then they will not be disappointed.
In all a unique work, both a factual work of historical biography, a panorama of 18th Century India, a touching love affair, and ultimately, a plea for understanding between cultures, showing that civilizations do not always clash, rather, they merge.

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M. Baerends

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This book zooms in on the life of James Kilpatrick, the British 'resident' at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad around 1800. Dalrymple's thesis is that before things were spoilt in the early years of the 19th century, the British in 'India' were enjoying good relationships with the local population, including intimate relationships. Sadly, a bunch of narrow-minded proto-Victorian imperialists-avant-la-lettre managed to destroy the idyll by making life miserable for people like Kilpatrick who were involved in mixed race relationships - or for the fruits of those relationships (the East India Company actually stopped hiring mixed race people altogether).
Is this a good book? Well, it is certainly interesting and colorfully written - albeit too bulky at 500 pages. I think it would have been better had Dalrymple expanded much less on very difficult to follow family backgrounds of the various players (maybe it's just me, but with those names it all got tangled up in my head), and a bit more on great contemporary events such as the wars against Tipu Sultan ('the tiger of Mysore') & against the Marathas. All things considered, this is still a book that many people will greatly enjoy; for me it was just a bit too long-winded.

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Interesting

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When this book was chosen for our book group I did not think I was going to enjoy it as I prefer novels but it I found it to be a captivating read. I was surprised to discover that the white officials of the East India company immersed themselves in Indian cultures and many lived with or married Indian women. It was not until the 19th century that the white rulers adopted an attitude of superiority. In earlier times thay respected the culture(s) of the Indian people and admired their literature.

Within the book is a tragic love story of an Englishman and his young Indian wife and tells of her distress when their two very young children are sent to England to be educated and her early widowhood when James Achilles Kirkpatrick dies without being able to say goodbye to their children.

The book is probably too long and might have benefitted from some judicious editing but it is a wonderful account of the meeting and integration of diferent cultures. I am very glad I read it.

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Joe Edge T

A Rare, Fine and Moving Example of Intermarriage in the British Raj.

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William Dalrymple writes so well about India. This is a tragic but beautifully written biography of a remarkable Indian woman who defied her upbringing and background to marry an British civil servant who loved her passionately. Unfortunately he died before she did and the tale ends sadly for her but it is a moving story and a fine, detailed account of India 2 centuries ago. It gives a clear picture of how the British and the Indians lived side by side and their relationships. William Dalrymple has researched this very thoroughly and I cannot think of anyone who has a finer, deeper understanding of the British in India.

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Vik Singh

Very readable history

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 October 2007

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This is a well researched book, it took Dalrymple just over 4 years and addresses a history of British India you won't find elsewhere, the integration of British and other European settlers into India and how they inter-married, converted to Islam, etc

All these things are now conveniently forgotton in the events that followed where the Victorian imperial prejudices are now thought of as having existed from the beginning. Dalrymple shows that this is not so and far more integration and mingling happened in the early years.

The book itself follows the relationship of, James Kirkpatrick, the British resident in Hyderabad in detail and combines it with the background and history of other characters and events relevant to the story. I found the style worked well but could sometimes be too much of a tangent to the main story especially if you're already familiar with the history.

I'd recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Indian history or the life of officers of the Honourable East India Company.

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