The first firangis : remarkable stories of heroes, healers, charlatans, courtesans & other foreigners who became Indian

By:

Harris, Jonathan Gil

Language: English Publication details: New Delhi Aleph Book Company, 2015Description: 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 23 cmISBN:

9789382277637

Subject(s):

Immigrants India History 17th century

DDC classification:

305.9069121 HAR

Summary: The Indian subcontinent has been a land of immigrants for thousands of years: waves of migration from Persia, Central Asia, Mongolia, the Middle East and Greece have helped create India's exceptionally diverse cultural mix. In the centuries before the British Raj, when the Mughals were the preeminent power in the subcontinent, a wide array of migrants known as "firangis" made India their home. In this book, Jonathan Gil Harris, a twenty-first-century firangi, tells their stories.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	305.9069121 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	700562
English Books	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	305.9069121 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	700561

Includes bibliographies and index

The Indian subcontinent has been a land of immigrants for thousands of years: waves of migration from Persia, Central Asia, Mongolia, the Middle East and Greece have helped create India's exceptionally diverse cultural mix. In the centuries before the British Raj, when the Mughals were the preeminent power in the subcontinent, a wide array of migrants known as "firangis" made India their home. In this book, Jonathan Gil Harris, a twenty-first-century firangi, tells their stories.

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