Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Heritage 8
6. 2 Exile 19
7. 3 The Humanist Scholar 29
8. 4 To Constantinople 40
9. 5 Aleppo 53
10. 6 Mohammed Çelebi 66
11. 7 The Ḥusaynābādī Scholiasts 78
12. 8 Strachan’s Library 88
13. 9 The English East India Company 98
14. 10 ‘Stracan our Infernall Phesition’ 113
15. 11 Among Friends 129
16. 12 The Mission at Srinagar 143
17. Appendix 157
18. Archives 183
19. Bibliography 184
20. Index 193