Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s6.12
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s6.12
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v4.c56.s6.12
The condition of Perron’s Eurasian officers as seen by Bishop R. Heber in 1825:—“Scattered up and down in the towns of Koil, Aligarh and Etawa . . . were several elder persons, who had been in the Maratha service during Perron’s time, of European extraction, but who knew no language but Hindustani. One of these Indo-Europeans is an old Colonel, of French extraction, very rich, but completely Indian in colour, dress, language, and ideas.” (*Narrative of Journey*, 2nd ed. 1828, ii. 342.) Probably M. Péche.