A Passage To Europe by Rahul Markovits - 9788178246666

Name: A Passage To Europe by Rahul Markovits - 9788178246666
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What was an Indian prince doing in the retinue of a French envoy at Constantinople in 1796? When Sultan Selim III, struck by the sight of a fellow Muslim in a French cort\u00E8ge, asked how he got there, he was told the traveller\u2019s extraordinary story. It had begun in 1772 with the annexation by the East India Company of Broach, a coastal town in Gujarat. Twenty years later, four sons of the town\u2019s deposed nawab headed towards London to seek redress. One of them, Ahmad Khan, reached Paris during the Reign of Terror and told his story to the new Revolutionary regime. Yet, although his tale was true, he was not the man he claimed to be. Uncovering the elusive paper trail of a group of travellers across early colonial India, the Ottoman Empire, and Revolutionary France, Markovits pieces together\n\nPassage To Europe\nThe Global Politics of Mobility in the Age of Revolutions\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Ma;