Certainly Carlin was unattainable-this was an often recurring thought as he learned Hindi from her and something of urdu; the usages of her world, its castes and cults.
"Son of Power"
Will Levington Comfort and Zamin Ki Dost
She engaged the best "Gawayyas" to teach her music, the best "Kath-thaks" to teach her dancing, the best "Ustads" to teach her elocution and deportment, and the best of Munshis to ground her in urdu and Persian belles lettres; so that when Imtiazan reached her fifteenth year her accomplishments were noised abroad in the bazaar.
"By-Ways of Bombay"
S. M. Edwardes, C.V.O.
A roll of scented paper fell on his lap, and a puff of hot wind combined with a lurch of the carriage springs came near to lose it for him; he snatched it just in time and unrolled it to find a letter written to himself in urdu, in a beautiful flowing hand.
"King--of the Khyber Rifles"
Talbot Mundy