Sake Dean Mahomed

Sake Dean Mahomed ( Bengali: শেখ দীন মহাম্মদ, Sekh Din Mahammad; * 1759 in Patna, † February 24, 1851 ) was a Bengali traveler and author, who became famous in England as an entrepreneur or therapist.

He grew up in India and joined at the age of 11 years, the army of the British East India Company. 1786, he emigrated to Cork in Ireland, where he in 1794 his book The Travels of Dean Mahomet published. He was the first Indian author who published a book in English. He went to London, where he opened the first Indian take-away restaurant, but was unsuccessful. In 1814 he went with his Irish wife Jane to Brighton, where the couple's first shampooing vapor masseur bath opened and thus the term " shampoo " in England established (derived from the Indian Champi, a therapeutic head massage) He described the treatment in the local press as a kind of Turkish bath. The business was an immediate success, he became known as " Dr. Brighton " and got the title Shampooing Surgeon of The King awarded. In 1843 he handed over the business to his son Arthur.

Works

• The travels: of Dean Mahomet, a native of Patna in Bengal, through several parts of India, while in the service of the Honourable the East India Company. Written by himself, in a series of letters to a friend. In two volumes. ..; Cork, printed by J. Connor, 1794