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*''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929 reprinted in 2009 by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press], which says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.” Read more about the book in this link from [http://thesikhencyclopedia.com/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india.html?directory=1 The Sikh Encyclopedia]. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Also available in [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC Preview Google Books] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT54 Index] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT52 Bibliography], and may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. | *''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929 reprinted in 2009 by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press], which says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.” Read more about the book in this link from [http://thesikhencyclopedia.com/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india.html?directory=1 The Sikh Encyclopedia]. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Also available in [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC Preview Google Books] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT54 Index] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT52 Bibliography], and may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. | ||
*This review of ''Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia'', by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999. 634 pages,with index, maps and photos from [http://web.archive.org/web/20060601233205/http://www.mepc.org/journal_vol7/0006_nalle.asp Journal of the Middle East Policy Council] mentions some of the people involved. This review from [http://americanpundit.blog-city.com/tournament_of_shadows_the_great_game_and_the_race_for_empire_in_central_asia.htm American Pundit] says “The epic story is told in a series of short biographies of little-known explorers, adventurers, mystics and charlatans, Nazis, spies, diplomats, armies and officers, all inexorably drawn to the region. Some were pure scientists and geographers looking to fill in blank spots on the map and explore the long-buried cities of the fabled Silk Road. Others were chasing a spiritual awakening in Tibet or the Buddhist Eden of Shamballah. Still others, more pragmatically, saw central Asia as a buffer zone between empires or as a jumping-off point for expansion, giving rise to the science of geo-politics. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0349113661 FIBIS Shop] | *This review of ''Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia'', by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999. 634 pages,with index, maps and photos from [http://web.archive.org/web/20060601233205/http://www.mepc.org/journal_vol7/0006_nalle.asp Journal of the Middle East Policy Council] mentions some of the people involved. This review from [http://americanpundit.blog-city.com/tournament_of_shadows_the_great_game_and_the_race_for_empire_in_central_asia.htm American Pundit] says “The epic story is told in a series of short biographies of little-known explorers, adventurers, mystics and charlatans, Nazis, spies, diplomats, armies and officers, all inexorably drawn to the region. Some were pure scientists and geographers looking to fill in blank spots on the map and explore the long-buried cities of the fabled Silk Road. Others were chasing a spiritual awakening in Tibet or the Buddhist Eden of Shamballah. Still others, more pragmatically, saw central Asia as a buffer zone between empires or as a jumping-off point for expansion, giving rise to the science of geo-politics. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0349113661 FIBIS Shop] | ||
*A [http://www.weeklyvoice.com/headlines/napoleons-soldiers-in-maharaja-ranjit-singhs-army review] of the book ''The Lion’s Firanghis: Europeans at the Court of Lahore'' by Bobby Singh Bansal 2010 "By the 1830s a multifarious array of [[French]], [[German|Prussian]], Spanish, [[Dutch]] and Italian officers had descended on the Anglo-Punjab frontier, hoping to enlist in the services of the opportunistic Maharajah…" Available through Amazon.co.uk from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/0956127010 FIBIS Shop] | |||
*Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from [http://www.billbuxton.com/dramatis.html BillBuxton.com] | *Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from [http://www.billbuxton.com/dramatis.html BillBuxton.com] | ||
===Recommended Reading === | ===Recommended Reading === | ||
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Biographies_reading_list The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell] . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom. | |||
* [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Biographies_reading_list The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell] . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom. | |||
Revision as of 09:28, 30 November 2011
- Europeans in Sikh History from All About Sikhs
- European adventurers, scholars and officials from The Sikh Encyclopedia
- European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849 by C. Grey first published in 1929 reprinted in 2009 by Naval and Military Press, which says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.” Read more about the book in this link from The Sikh Encyclopedia. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Also available in Preview Google Books with Index and Bibliography, and may be read online on the Digital Library of India website.
- This review of Tournament of Shadows: The Great Game and the Race for Empire in Central Asia, by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1999. 634 pages,with index, maps and photos from Journal of the Middle East Policy Council mentions some of the people involved. This review from American Pundit says “The epic story is told in a series of short biographies of little-known explorers, adventurers, mystics and charlatans, Nazis, spies, diplomats, armies and officers, all inexorably drawn to the region. Some were pure scientists and geographers looking to fill in blank spots on the map and explore the long-buried cities of the fabled Silk Road. Others were chasing a spiritual awakening in Tibet or the Buddhist Eden of Shamballah. Still others, more pragmatically, saw central Asia as a buffer zone between empires or as a jumping-off point for expansion, giving rise to the science of geo-politics. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
- A review of the book The Lion’s Firanghis: Europeans at the Court of Lahore by Bobby Singh Bansal 2010 "By the 1830s a multifarious array of French, Prussian, Spanish, Dutch and Italian officers had descended on the Anglo-Punjab frontier, hoping to enlist in the services of the opportunistic Maharajah…" Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
- Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from BillBuxton.com
Recommended Reading
- The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.