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1. British—India. 2. India—Social life and customs—18th century.
3. India—Race relations. 4. Kirkpatrick, James Achilles, 1764-1805. I. Title.
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For Sam and Shireen Vakil Miller
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Bruce Wannell
List of Illustrations
John Wombwell, a Yorkshire chartered accountant, smokes his hookah on a Lucknow terrace c .1790. (Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris)
Sir David Ochterlony relaxes with his nautch girls at the Delhi Residency, c .1820. (Reproduced courtesy of the Oriental and Indian Office Collection, British Library—OIOC, BL Add. Or 2)
Antoine Polier admires his troupe in Lucknow some thirty years earlier. (From the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan)
A Lucknow dinner party c .1820. (Author’s collection)
Bengali bibi , 1787, by Francesco Renaldi. (OIOC, BL)
Boulone Elise, the bibi of Claude Martin. (La Martinière School, Lucknow)
Jemdanee, the companion of William Hickey, 1787, by Thomas Hickey. (Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland)
Khair un-Nissa, painted in Calcutta c .1806-7. (Private collection)
A begum listens to music under a chattri in her garden while her attendants look on. Hyderabad, c .1760. (OIOC, BL Johnson Album 37, no. 9, 426 ix)
A love-sick Hyderabadi begum consults an aseel while waiting in the moonlight for the arrival of her lover, c .1750. (OIOC, BL Johnson Album 50, no. 4, 422)
The legendary Chand Bibi (d.1599), painted in Hyderabad, c .1800. (OIOC, BL Add. Or 3899, 433)
A Deccani prince with his women. From Bijapur, c .1680, by Rahim Deccani. (Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; MS 66 no. 1)
Nizam Ali Khan crosses the causeway from Hyderabad to his citadel of Golconda, c .1775. (The Bodleian Library, Oxford: MS. DOUCE Or. b3 Fol.25, 31)
The Handsome Colonel with George and James Kirkpatrick at Hollydale, c .1769. (Private collection)
William Kirkpatrick in Madras as Wellesley’s Private Secretary in late 1799. (Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland)
James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the British Resident at Hyderabad, 1799, by Thomas Hickey. (Private collection)
The Nizam and his durbar ride out on a hunting expedition c .1790, by Venkatchellam. (Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad)
Aristu Jah at the height of his powers, c .1800, by Venkatchellam. (V&A Picture Library, I.S. 163-1952)
Henry Russell, c .1805, by Venkatchellam. (Collection of Professor Robert Frykenberg)
The two youngest sons of the Nizam, princes Suleiman Jah and Kaiwan Jah, c .1802, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
Nizam Ali Khan consults Aristu Jah and his son and successor Sikander Jah, c .1800, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
Ma’ali Mian, Aristu Jah’s eldest son and the husband of Farzand Begum, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
The young Maratha
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2002
First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of
Penguin Putnam Inc. 2003
Published in Penguin Books 2004
Copyright © William Dalrymple, 2002
Map and other illustrations copyright © Olivia Fraser, 2002
All rights reserved
eISBN : 978-1-101-09812-7
1. British—India. 2. India—Social life and customs—18th century.
3. India—Race relations. 4. Kirkpatrick, James Achilles, 1764-1805. I. Title.
DS428 .D33 2003
954’.840311’092—dc21 2002191082
The scanning, uploading and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other
means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase
only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy
of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.
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For Sam and Shireen Vakil Miller
and
Bruce Wannell
List of Illustrations
John Wombwell, a Yorkshire chartered accountant, smokes his hookah on a Lucknow terrace c .1790. (Collection Frits Lugt, Institut Néerlandais, Paris)
Sir David Ochterlony relaxes with his nautch girls at the Delhi Residency, c .1820. (Reproduced courtesy of the Oriental and Indian Office Collection, British Library—OIOC, BL Add. Or 2)
Antoine Polier admires his troupe in Lucknow some thirty years earlier. (From the collection of Prince and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan)
A Lucknow dinner party c .1820. (Author’s collection)
Bengali bibi , 1787, by Francesco Renaldi. (OIOC, BL)
Boulone Elise, the bibi of Claude Martin. (La Martinière School, Lucknow)
Jemdanee, the companion of William Hickey, 1787, by Thomas Hickey. (Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland)
Khair un-Nissa, painted in Calcutta c .1806-7. (Private collection)
A begum listens to music under a chattri in her garden while her attendants look on. Hyderabad, c .1760. (OIOC, BL Johnson Album 37, no. 9, 426 ix)
A love-sick Hyderabadi begum consults an aseel while waiting in the moonlight for the arrival of her lover, c .1750. (OIOC, BL Johnson Album 50, no. 4, 422)
The legendary Chand Bibi (d.1599), painted in Hyderabad, c .1800. (OIOC, BL Add. Or 3899, 433)
A Deccani prince with his women. From Bijapur, c .1680, by Rahim Deccani. (Reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; MS 66 no. 1)
Nizam Ali Khan crosses the causeway from Hyderabad to his citadel of Golconda, c .1775. (The Bodleian Library, Oxford: MS. DOUCE Or. b3 Fol.25, 31)
The Handsome Colonel with George and James Kirkpatrick at Hollydale, c .1769. (Private collection)
William Kirkpatrick in Madras as Wellesley’s Private Secretary in late 1799. (Courtesy of the National Gallery of Ireland)
James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the British Resident at Hyderabad, 1799, by Thomas Hickey. (Private collection)
The Nizam and his durbar ride out on a hunting expedition c .1790, by Venkatchellam. (Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad)
Aristu Jah at the height of his powers, c .1800, by Venkatchellam. (V&A Picture Library, I.S. 163-1952)
Henry Russell, c .1805, by Venkatchellam. (Collection of Professor Robert Frykenberg)
The two youngest sons of the Nizam, princes Suleiman Jah and Kaiwan Jah, c .1802, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
Nizam Ali Khan consults Aristu Jah and his son and successor Sikander Jah, c .1800, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
Ma’ali Mian, Aristu Jah’s eldest son and the husband of Farzand Begum, by Venkatchellam. (Private collection)
The young Maratha
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