In 1810, Sake Dean Mahomed opened London's Hindoostane Coffee House, an early Indian restaurant. The business failed, but he found a new trade in Brighton: massage and steam baths. His customers eventually included Kings George IV and William IV.

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Mahomed was born in Patna, India, in 1759 and served for more than a decade in the East India Company's army, training as a surgeon. When his patron, Captain Godfrey Evan Baker, resigned in 1782, Mahomed left the army too and followed him to Ireland. In Cork he fell in love with Jane Daly; her family opposed the match, and the couple eloped to marry. In 1794 he published The Travels of Dean Mahomet, becoming the first Indian to publish a book in English. In Brighton he offered 'shampooing', from the Hindi champi, a therapeutic massage; the word only later came to mean washing hair. George IV and William IV each made him their 'shampooing surgeon'. He died in Brighton in 1851.

Türkçe oku

Sake Dean Mahomed, 1810'da Londra'nın ilk Hint restoranlarından Hindoostane Coffee House'u açtı. İşletme battı; Mahomed de Brighton'da masaj ve buhar banyosu işine girdi. Zamanla müşterileri arasına iki kral da katıldı: IV. George ve IV. William.

1759'da Hindistan'ın Patna kentinde doğan Mahomed, on yılı aşkın süre Doğu Hindistan Şirketi'nin ordusunda cerrah yardımcısı olarak yetişti. Hamisi Yüzbaşı Godfrey Evan Baker 1782'de istifa edince o da ordudan ayrıldı ve Baker'ın peşinden İrlanda'ya gitti. Cork'ta Jane Daly'ye âşık oldu; kızın ailesi karşı çıkınca kaçıp evlendiler. 1794'te yayımladığı The Travels of Dean Mahomet ile İngilizce kitap yayımlayan ilk Hintli oldu. Brighton'da, Hintçe champi sözcüğünden gelen “shampooing” adıyla bir tür tedavi masajı sundu; sözcük saç yıkama anlamını ancak sonradan kazandı. IV. George ve IV. William onu “shampooing cerrahı” olarak saraya bağladı. 1851'de Brighton'da öldü.

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In 1810, Sake Dean Mahomed opened London's Hindoostane Coffee House, an early Indian restaurant. The business failed, but he found a new trade in Brighton: massage and steam baths. His customers eventually included Kings George IV and William IV.

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