Scottish Orientalists and India: The Muir Brothers, Religion, Education and Empire

by Avril A. Powell and Dina Nayeri

It shows how the brothers Sir William and Dr John Muir, who served in the East India Company in North-West India from 1827-1876, engaged in political administration, educational projects and scholarship, interacting with Indian scholars, forming and typifying British attitudes to India and to Islam and Hindu religion in this period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843835797
• ISBN13: 9781843835790
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"