![]() READ ALL ABOUT IT Mahomed first received public recognition in his new homeland by publishing his autobiography titled The Travels of Dean Mahomed, a native in Patna in Bengal, Through Several Parts of India, While in the Service of the Honorable The East India Company. Perhaps that helped the community accept their multi-cultural union (Indian and Irish) as well. Mahomed most certainly had converted from Islam to Protestantism, but since Protestant / Catholic marriages were illegal, he posted a bond to insure the church would not be liable in the event their marriage was deemed illegal. The same year his patron Baker died, Mahomed and Jane eloped. Baker treated Mahomed as a son and paid for him to go to school where he primarily studied English language and literature.Īnother student, Jane Daly, caught Mahomed’s eye. ![]() After 13 years of active duty, Mahomed followed Baker, who had become his close friend, when he returned to Ireland. When he was only eleven years old, he followed in his father’s footsteps and joined the East India Company Army, serving under British Captain Godfrey Baker. ![]() ![]() Left his homeland at age 25, he used that culture, and some clever publicity, to create a life for himself in England. ![]()
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