"This is a highly intelligent and beautifully written study. The authors cite poetry and include many black and white renderings of miniature paintings, all of which enrich the text. Anyone whose intellectual interests are global will enjoy the challenging and rewarding adventure that the travellers and authors provide." --The Northern Mariner

"....Comparative in approach, the authors also critically draw on the European discourse of travel writing as discovery and ethnography in this geographic area....the book consists of extensive summaries of the works grouped under broad headings that categorize the accounts according to the attitudes of the writers....Combining the linguistic and historical acumen of two formidable scholars, this book is sure to open up many avenues for future research." --Sunil Sharma, Boston University, The Historian

"It is remarkable what is shared and not shared in this Indo-Persian world. Travel literature—in both the theoretical discussions and the glimpses into the authors' own motivations, assumptions, preferences, and complaints—brings this world alive. Indo-Persian Travels enables this corpus of travel literature to illuminate the social, cultural, and intellectual history of the period." --Monica M. Ringer, Amherst College, Journal of Interdisciplinary History