Travellers in the Golden Realm
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Travellers in the Golden Realm
The dramatic century of England's first forays into India, and the modern world this relationship created.
‘Spellbinding... a remarkable book’
JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the West
‘A compelling, highly readable account’
NANDINI DAS, author of Courting India
Before the East India Company and the British Empire, England was a pariah state. Seeking better fortunes, 16th and 17th century merchants, pilgrims and outcasts ventured to the kingdom of the mighty Mughals, a land ruled from the palatial towers by women - Empress Nur Jahan Begim, the Queen Mother Maryam al-Zamani, and Princess Jahanara Begim.
Into this golden realm went Father Thomas Stephens, a Catholic fleeing his home; the merchant Ralph Fitch seeking jewels in the markets of Delhi; and John Mildenhall, an adventurer reveling in the highwire politics of the Mughal elite. This collision of worlds connected East and West, launching a tempestuous period of globalisation from the Chinese opium trade to the slave trade in the Americas.
Drawing on rich, original sources, Lubaaba Al-Azami traces the origins of a relationship between two nations - one outsider and one superpower - whose cultures remain inextricably linked to this day.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529371345
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 August 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Illustration: x15 colour images, inset
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 226g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Dr Lubaaba Al-Azami is a cultural historian specialising in the Global Renaissance. She is a lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature at the University of Manchester and a research fellow at the University of Liverpool. She is also founding editor of Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs, memorients.com), a leading digital platform on premodern encounters between England and the Islamic Worlds.
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