The Travels of Dean Mahomet by Dean Mahomet

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His specialty was a combination of a steam bath and an Indian therapeutic massage-a treatment he named “shampooing”.

In Brighton, he opened a spa named Mahomed’s Baths offering luxurious herbal steam baths.

He went on to find success as the “The Shampooing Surgeon of Brighton”.

He converted from Islam to Anglicanism to marry. In 1810, after moving to London, Mahomed opened the Hindostanee Coffee House, Britain’s first Indian restaurant -ushering in what would become one of Great Britain’s most popular cuisines. He was the first Indian to publish a book in English with The Travels of Dean Mahomet, an autobiography.With this, he became the first Indian author to publish a book in English. In 1794, Mahomed published his travel book, The Travels of Dean Mahomed which describes several important cities in India and a series of military conflicts with local Indian principalities.

In 1782, he resigned from the Army and moved to Britain. He served in the army of the British East India Company as a trainee surgeon. Sake Dean Mahomed (1759 – 1851) was an Anglo-Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur, who made a name for himself by building cultural connections between India and England. The Travels Of Dean Mahomet A Native Of Patna In Bengal Through Several Parts Of India While In The Service Of The Honourable, Author(s)-Sake Deen Mahomet.

The Travels of Dean Mahomet by Dean Mahomet