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100 1 _aAl-Azami, Lubaaba,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTravellers in the golden realm :
_bhow Mughal India connected England to the world /
_cLubaaba Al-Azami.
260 _aLondon :
_bJohn Murrary Publishers :
_c2024.
300 _aviii, 302 p. :
_bill ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction: forgotten history -- Part I. Seeking paradise -- Good hope -- As musk among perfumes -- The grand tour -- Indias of spice and mine -- A Mughal lady and an English Khan -- A Queen's ransome -- The Fakir of Odcombe -- Part II. Rivals and riches -- Amboyna -- Christians and spices -- 'A loosing trade' -- Restoration -- Trade in souls -- Part III. Conqueror of the world -- Child's war -- Exceeding treasure -- Atonement -- Afterword: accidental Europe.
520 0 _aBefore the East India Company and before the British Empire, England was a pariah state. Seeking better fortunes, 16th and 17th century merchants, pilgrims and outcasts ventured to the kingdom of the mighty Mughals, attempting to sell coarse woollen broadcloth along the silk roads; playing courtiers in the Mughal palaces in pursuit of love; or simply touring the sub-continent in search of an elephant to ride. Into this golden realm went Father Thomas Stephens, a Catholic fleeing his home; the merchant Ralph Fitch looking for jewels in the markets of Delhi; and John Mildenhall, an adventurer revelling in the highwire politics of the Mughal elite. Drawing on rich, original sources, Lubaaba Al-Azami traces the origins of a relationship between two nations - one outsider and one superpower - whose cultures remain inextricably linked to this day.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xCommerce
_zIndia
_xHistory.
651 0 _aEngland
_xRelations
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xRelations
_zEngland.
651 0 _aEngland
_xCommerce
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xCommerce
_zEngland.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y1526-1765.
651 6 _aAngleterre
_xRelations
_zInde.
651 6 _aAngleterre
_xCommerce
_zInde.
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