The Travels of Dean Mahomet by Dean Mahomet

While improving his English skills, Sake Dean Mahomed fell in love with Jane Daly, a “pretty Irish girl of respectable parentage”. There he studied to improve his English language skills at a local school. In 1784, Sake Dean Mahomed left India with the Baker family and emigrated to Cork, Ireland.

That same year, Mahomed also resigned from the Army, choosing to accompany Baker, ‘his best friend’, to Ireland. Mahomed remained with Captain Baker until 1782, when the Captain resigned. Dean Mahomed fought with the East India’s Company army as a trainee surgeon during the company’s conquest of the Marathas. Captain Godfrey Evan Baker took Deam Mahomed under his wings after his father died. Unfortunately, his father passed away while serving for the East India Company’s Bengal army when Mahomed was just 11 years old. Sake Dean Mahomed grew up in the city of Patna.

He belonged to the Maniharzada caste, and had studied alchemy and understood the methods used to produce various alkalis, soaps and shampoo. Sake Dean Mahomed also claimed that he had ancestors who worked in administrative service under the Mughal Emperors. Sake Dean Mahomed’s parents were Bengali muslims who were allegedly related to Bengal’s Nawabs. The current capital of the Indian state of Bihar was a part of British India’s Bengal Presidency at that time. Sake Dean Mahomed was born on January 15th, 1749 in the ancient city of Patna. Sake Dean Mahomed: All You Need to Know When was Sake Dean Mahomed born? Let’s find out more about this amazing individual. He also holds the distinction of being the first Indian to publish a book in English. This legendary Indian immigrant holds the honour of introducing Indian cuisine and shampoo baths to Europeans. As it was common at that time, his actual Urdu name’s spelling was modified to make it easier for Britishers to pronounce it so Sheikh Din Muhammad became Sake Dean Mahomed (alongwith numerous other iterations). Shake Dean Mahomed (actual Urdu name: Sheikh Din Muhammad) was a famous Indian shampoo surgeon and restaurateur who holds the honour of being one of the first non-European immigrants who were embraced by the Western World.

The Travels of Dean Mahomet by Dean Mahomet