The Moslem Noble: His Land and People, with Some Notices of the Parsees, or Ancient Persians

Mrs Young, The Moslem Noble: His Land and People, with Some Notices of the Parsees, or Ancient Persians, London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street, 1857

With illustrations from original drawings by the author. Contemporary ownership inscription on the title page, dated August 2, 1873. Later bookseller’s label on lower margin.
8.5 x 5.5 in (21.5 x 14 cm)

A WOMAN’S GAZE ON ISLAM AND ZOROASTRIAN INDIA: MRS. YOUNG’S THE MOSLEM NOBLE (1857)

Published in London in 1857, The Moslem Noble by Mrs Young offers a rare female-authored account of Islamic society and Parsee (Zoroastrian) culture in Western India. Illustrated from the author’s own drawings, the work blends ethnographic observation with visual record, placing it within the broader tradition of Victorian Orientalist literature.

Distinct from the writings of her near-contemporary Mrs Marianne Postans, whose Cutch; or Random Sketches, taken during a residence in one of the Northern Provinces of Western India; interspersed with LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS (1839) remains a key illustrated travelogue of Western India, Mrs Young’s contribution lies in her attention to religious identity and social structure, particularly her depictions of the “Moslem noble” and the influential Parsee community of Bombay. The book thus occupies an important position in the mid-19th-century corpus of women’s travel and ethnographic writings on India.

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