The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia and other stories of the Lahore Court by Sarbpreet Singh
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Overview: In 1801, the young scion of a petty fiefdom in the Punjab was invested with the title of Maharaja of Punjab. The young man, whose name was Ranjit Singh went on to carve out a kingdom for himself that stretched from the borders of Afghanistan in the west to the boundaries of the British Raj in the east. It included the lush hills and valleys of Kashmir, the barren mountains of Ladakh and the fertile plains of his native Punjab. The British valued him as an ally who would keep their western frontier safe and while they coveted his kingdom, they did not dare to engage in military adventures in Punjab during his lifetime.
The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia is an examination of Ranjit Singh and his times that focuses on a wide array of colourful characters that populated his court. Some of them are foreigners or firangis, such as Josiah Harlan, a Quaker from Philadelphia (the camel merchant of the title), who entered Ranjit Singh’s service and rose to become a trusted administrator, only to fall out of favour and defect to the Afghans. Other firangis include Jean Baptiste Ventura and Jean Francois Allard, French officers who went on to form and command Ranjit Singh’s famed French legions and rose to the highest ranks of the empire’s armies.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History
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