Travels of Dean Mahomet
THE TRAVELS OF DEAN MAHOMET
The Travels of Dean Mahomet is essentially a two part book, with the first part written by Dean Mahomet himself, and provides an autobiographical journal of his travels through India in the eighteenth century. This period was a time during which Europeans were colonizing India and Mahomet’s letters provided a unique account of Indian people and their customs during the initial expansion of the British Empire into India. The story of Dean Mahomet’s travels is told using numerous letters he wrote to a “friend” of his. His account is unique in that it provides a description from the point of view of an Indian working for the English’s colonial regime. Mr. Mahomet’s letters, dating from 1793 through 1794, describe the time period beginning when he volunteered his service to the military. The novel ends with Dean Mahomet’s immigration to Ireland and his integration into life there. Throughout the novel, Dean Mahomet describes the different types of people he meets during his travels, but is able to provide a different perspective than others chronicling the period as a result of his being an insider and an outsider to the Indians. Dean Mahomet goes in to great detail of the people he encounters, as well as the different cultures and lifestyles he experiences in his travels. The book reflects Dean Mahomet’s unique role in the period of imperialism, which has him creating a new identity, drawing upon both his Indian heritage and his assimilation into English culture. What is really interesting is not only that he became a man with two cultural backgrounds, but he also attempted to use this background to bring the Indian culture to Britain. The second art of the book was written by Michael Fisher, who provides an introductory essay, a brief history of the eighteenth-century India, and the story of Dean Mahomet’s travels and life in Ireland and England after leaving India. In his preface to the book, Mr. Fisher
The Travels of Dean Mahomet is essentially a two part book, with the first part written by Dean Mahomet himself, and provides an autobiographical journal of his travels through India in the eighteenth century. This period was a time during which Europeans were colonizing India and Mahomet’s letters provided a unique account of Indian people and their customs during the initial expansion of the British Empire into India. The story of Dean Mahomet’s travels is told using numerous letters he wrote to a “friend” of his. His account is unique in that it provides a description from the point of view of an Indian working for the English’s colonial regime. Mr. Mahomet’s letters, dating from 1793 through 1794, describe the time period beginning when he volunteered his service to the military. The novel ends with Dean Mahomet’s immigration to Ireland and his integration into life there. Throughout the novel, Dean Mahomet describes the different types of people he meets during his travels, but is able to provide a different perspective than others chronicling the period as a result of his being an insider and an outsider to the Indians. Dean Mahomet goes in to great detail of the people he encounters, as well as the different cultures and lifestyles he experiences in his travels. The book reflects Dean Mahomet’s unique role in the period of imperialism, which has him creating a new identity, drawing upon both his Indian heritage and his assimilation into English culture. What is really interesting is not only that he became a man with two cultural backgrounds, but he also attempted to use this background to bring the Indian culture to Britain. The second art of the book was written by Michael Fisher, who provides an introductory essay, a brief history of the eighteenth-century India, and the story of Dean Mahomet’s travels and life in Ireland and England after leaving India. In his preface to the book, Mr. Fisher