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This is the first book-length account of the West by an Indian. Mirza Sheikh I'tesamuddin, a munshi who had served the East India Company before becoming a Mughal courtier, was entrusted by Emperor Shah Alam II with a diplomatic mission to the British Court. He set sail in January 1766, and though the mission was aborted, the journey of nearly three years resulted in a remarkable memoir. Written in Persian, 'Shigurf Nama-e-Vilayet' or 'Wonderful Tales ...
Shamsur Rahman was described as "The Greatest Bengali poet of his generation" in the Guardian (London) obituary penned by William Radice. It is a view widely shared among Bengali readers in both Bangladesh and India. Rahman's poetry ranges from the personal to the political, the lyrical to the meditative, the modernist to the populist. In this selection the complete range of his poetic achievement is presented to the Anglophone reader in superbly ...
This is the first book-length account of the West by an Indian. Mirza Sheikh I'tesamuddin, a munshi who had served the East India Company before becoming a Mughal courtier, was entrusted by Emperor Shah Alam II with a diplomatic mission to the British Court. He set sail in January 1766, and though the mission was aborted, the journey of nearly three years resulted in a remarkable memoir. Written in Persian, 'Shigurf Nama-e-Vilayet' or 'Wonderful Tales about ...