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Colonel Antoine-Louis Henri de Polier (1741–1795) was a Swiss adventurer, art collector, military engineer and soldier who made his fortune in India in the eighteenth century.
The Career of Colonel Polier and Late Eighteenth-Century Orientalism 45 defended a thesis in 1739 comparing the purity of Arabic and Hebrew, Antoine-Noe Polier (as he is usually known) displayed the same sustained interest in Hebrew that had characterised earlier generations of his family.
Jun 27, 2024 · This essay is concerned with the career of a somewhat obscure figure in the early history of Orientalism, Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier, who is however known both to aficionados of the early European manuscript collections in the West, as well as to historians of the more obscure aspects of the Enlightenment on the Continent.
One of the most prolific early commentators on the Sikhs was an unlikely Swiss soldier-trader, Antoine-Louis Henri Polier (1741–1795), who acquired the Mughal title Arsalān-i-Jang.1 A member of a distinguished Swiss-Protestant family, Polier followed his...
- Amandeep Singh Madra, Parmjit Singh
- 2004
Johann Zoffany's Colonel Antoine Polier, Claud Martin and John Wombwell with the Artist (1786-7) presents several such men of European birth in the format of the conversation piece.
Apr 1, 2000 · This essay is concerned with the career of a somewhat obscure figure in the early history of Orientalism, Colonel Antoine-Louis-Henri Polier, who is however known both to aficionados of the...
Jan 31, 2020 · French adventurers’ academic forays in the 18th century in India has so far received little scholarly attention. Except some stray remarks and mentioning, it has not been taken up systematically. The present article is an exercise to show that some of the French military adventurers had been touched and impressed by Indian culture and civilization.
