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Building an empire state

Much can be learnt from this enjoyable retelling of stories from Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s court

It was news to me that an American Quaker had served Maharaja Ranjit Singh, founder of the 19th-century Sikh kingdom of Punjab. The merchant of the title story of The Camel Merchant of Philadelphia is Josiah Harlan and it is his story

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