The Lascar's Dagger
The Lascar's Dagger

Author: Glenda Larke

Publisher: Hachette+ORM

Published: 2018-01-16

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0316399647

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Faith will not save him. Saker appears to be a simple priest, but in truth he's a spy for the head of his faith. Wounded in the line of duty by a Lascar sailor's blade, the weapon seems to follow him home. Unable to discard it, nor the sense of responsibility it brings, Saker can only follow its lead. The dagger puts Saker on a journey to distant shores, on a path that will reveal terrible secrets about the empire, about the people he serves, and destroy the life he knows. The Lascar's dagger demands a price, and that price will be paid in blood.

The Last of the Lascars
The Last of the Lascars

Author: Mohammed Siddique Seddon

Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd

Published: 2014-08-12

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1847740685

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"Dr. Seddon has contributed an important and fascinating chapter to the modern history of Britain."—David Waines, emeritus professor of Islamic Studies, Lancaster University, UK Originally arriving as imperial oriental sailors and later as postcolonial labor migrants, Yemeni Muslims have lived in British ports and industrial cities from the mid-nineteenth century. They married local British wives, established a network of "Arab-only" boarding houses and cafes, and built Britain's first mosques and religious communities. Mohammed Siddique Seddon is lecturer in religious and Islamic studies at the department of theology and religious studies, University of Chester, England.

Coolies, Capital and Colonialism
Coolies, Capital and Colonialism

Author: Rana P. Behal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780521699747

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Endogamy, the custom forbidding marriage outside one's social class, is central to social history. This study considers the factors determining who married whom, whether partner selection changed over the past three hundred years and regional differences between Europe and South America.

China War Medal 1900
China War Medal 1900

Author: W. H. Fevyer

Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

Published: 2013-02-11

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1781504253

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For the first time, a complelte record meticulously compiled of all medals awarded to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, also including the following: Legation Guard New South Wales Defence Force Victorian Naval Defence Force South Australian Defence Force Royal Indian Marine Naval Depot Wei-Hai-Wei Medals analysed and listed by bars. All no-bar medals included. Returned and duplicate medals listed in full Medals presented by HM The King noted Full and detailed Casualty Roll compiled from various sources Selected Naval Despatches are included for a fuller insight into the part played by Naval Forces in the China War of 1900.

Ayahs, Lascars and Princes
Ayahs, Lascars and Princes

Author: Rozina Visram

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1317415337

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People from the Indian sub-continent have been in Britain since the end of the seventeenth century. The presence of princes and maharajahs is well documented but this book, first published in 1986, was the first account of the ordinary people in Britain. This book will be of interest to students of history.

Lascar
Lascar

Author: Shahida Rahman

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781907401718

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Lascar is the epic story of one man's journey to fulfil his destiny. When Ayan discovers his brother has cancer, the need to cover medical expenses propels him to leave poverty-stricken Bengal and emulate their late father by becoming a Lascar - shovelling coal in the bowels of the steamships trading between India and England. The brutal reality of this existence leaves Ayan fearing for his life. Fleeing the ship, he disappears into the bitter-cold streets of Victorian London. After serving time for a crime he did not commit, the kindness of a new friend, and a chance meeting with a young half-caste street urchin changes everything, prompting Ayan to re-examine his life. With his faith restored, and the realisation that his journey is complete, Ayan must begin the long trip home.