Record Number: 32330
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
This growing interest in Indian India was further whetted by Ruddy's reading of a new novel "Lalun the Bergun, or the Battle of Panipat: A legend of Hindoostan", published in Bombay earlier in 1884 by one Mirza Moorad Alee Beg 'Gaekwaree' a Native Bhavangar princely state. It was thought to be the first-ever novel written in English by Muslim ... Alee Beg was a fraud: no Indian but an English clergyman’s son who converted to Islam ... and then became a Theosophist after meeting Madame Blavatsky in Bombay. After her public exposure in 1882-3 ... he had to be confined" (comment: Alee Beg died insane)
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between Jan 1884 and 16 Sep 1884
Country:India
Timen/a
Place:city: Lahore (now in Pakistan)
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:30 Dec 1865
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Journalist/author
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:India
Country of Experience:India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author:Mirza Moorad ‘Gaekwaree’ Alee Beg
Title:Lalun the Beragun or the Battle of Panipat: A legend of Hindoostan
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1884 - Bombay, India
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32330
Source:Charles Allen
Editor:n/a
Title:Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1900
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:n/a
Page:p172 of the 2010 edition
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Charles Allen, Kipling Sahib: India and the Making of Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1900, (London, 2008), p. p172 of the 2010 edition, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32330, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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