Through A RoseTinted Lens
Tapan Basu
BETWEEN WORLDS: THE TRAVELS OF YUSUF KHAN KAMBALPOSH by Mushirul Hasan Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2015, 174 pp., 650
August 2015, volume 39, No 8

After praises to God and the Prophet here is some good news for the voyagers of endless oceans and wonders of the world, and explorers of desolate and magnificent destinations of deserts and mountains that, in these delightful times… a work known as Tarikh-i-Yusufi is written by a traveller to cities and nations, an honest and truthful narrator, an enthusiastic prose writer named Yusuf Khan Kambalposh … its second edition reaches its keen audience in the month of February 1898 (AH 1315 in the holy month of Ramadan), from the esteemed Munshi Naval Kishore Press under the generosity of its owner, courageous Munshi Parag Narain Sahib. May his steem remain forever!

Continue reading this review