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Surat: Fall of a Port, Rise of a Prince: Defeat of the East India Company in the House of Commons
Moin Mir
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Beschreibung
The ships of the English East India Company first docked at India’s shores in Surat in the early 17th century. In time, the Company through astute politics and superior naval power would become masters of this great port, but not with the objective of building on its legacy as India’s emporia of maritime trade but with the single minded goal of destroying its trading prowess. And they did this by overcoming the local princes and fostering corrupt practices. By 1800 the port had been completely annexed and a Treaty signed with the Nawab that would guarantee his family’s security from generation to generation. But the Company violated the treaty by stopping the family’s income, usurping the palaces, estates, jewellery and all that was part of the private estates of the Nawab, leaving the infant granddaughters of the last Nawab on the brink of destitution. In a riveting counterattack Meer Jafar Ali Khan, father of the two infant girls stood to defy an Empire and expose the corrupt practices of the Company in Victorian England. Spearheading a legal offensive that would shatter the Company’s reputation, Meer Jafar Ali Khan’s campaign for justice generated great heat and debate in British Parliament. Fighting against all odds this prince won it all back for his daughters and found true love in Victorian England.
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<p> <i>“Moin Mir weaves a fascinating story of triumph and fortitude, from a forgotten chapter of our colonial past. Painstakingly crafted and richly researched, it is a remarkable story of a quest for justice against the might of empire and the travails of an Indian Prince who stood up for which was his by right.”</i> - SHASHI THAROOR - Author of An Era of Darkness - The British Empire in India </p> <p> <i>“The fall of Surat and the subsequent rise of Meer Jafar Ali Khan is a gripping part of untold history. Moin Mir has written with great knowledge and flair. Meer Jafar Ali Khan achieved what no other Indian Prince was able to - the political defeat of the Company in the House of Commons. The British political establishment, convinced by his passionate fight for justice, rose for the first time in favour of an Indian Prince and against their own Company. This is a stirring historical book.” </i> - JESSICA DOUGLAS-HOME - Author of A Glimpse of Empire </p> <p> <i>“A moving story. Meer Jafar Ali Khan is a deeply sympathetic hero: courageous, gentle and magnificently stylish who took on and defeated a monolithic tyrant and also found love in Victorian England. This is a wonderful book.” </i> - DOMINIC WEST - Actor - 300, The Affair, The Wire </p>
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Surat, Gujarat, Moin Mir, history, prince, kings, poets, trade, port, historical fantasy, non-fiction, fiction, East India Company, British rule, British Era, colony, colonization, colonisation, British colony. naval power, maritime trade, kingdoms, local king, British Empire, annexation, nawab, treaty, Victorian age, Queen Victoria, England