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At the close of the eighteenth century, James Achilles Kirkpatrick, the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad, fell for Khair un-Nissa, a young noblewoman descended from the Prophet Muhammad. Their romance crossed nearly every cultural and political boundary of the age, leading Kirkpatrick to convert to Islam and become embedded in Hyderabadi court life and politics. Drawing on years of original research into diaries, letters and coded dispatches, William Dalrymple uncovers a sweeping, largely forgotten chapter of British-Indian history - part love story, part political intrigue, and a fascinating reminder of how entangled the two cultures once were.
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