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Aleph Bey

Known only by a pseudonym, this elusive late-19th-century novelist is remembered for That Eurasian (1895), a story set in British India that explores mixed heritage, prejudice, and belonging. The mystery around the author adds an extra layer of intrigue to a book already shaped by questions of identity.

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That Eurasian

That Eurasian

by Aleph Bey

About the author

Very little confirmed biographical information appears to survive about Aleph Bey, and available library and public-domain records identify the name as a pseudonym rather than a fully documented public identity. What can be confirmed is that That Eurasian was published in 1895 by F. Tennyson Neely.

The novel presents itself through a prefatory frame as a manuscript passed along for publication, and it centers on the life of a child of an English father and a Muslim mother in India. That setup gives the book its emotional and social focus: mixed ancestry, exclusion, and the pressure of colonial society.

Because so little reliable personal information is attached to the name Aleph Bey, the work itself remains the clearest window into the author’s legacy. Today, the book is mainly of interest to readers curious about overlooked fiction from the colonial period and early writing about identity in British India.