Thirty-three-year-old Yusuf Khan Kambalposh reached England in August 1837. He was not seeking a fortune, but driven solely by the urge to explore a world far removed from his own. Tarikh-i Yusufi is a fascinating account of his travels in Europe and North Africa. Yusuf nurtures a deep reverence and romantic attachment to England but his fascination does not deter him from exploring the socio-cultural differences between the East and the West with a critical eye.Between Worlds is the first English translation of Yusuf’s travelogue, which is arguably the first travelogue in Urdu. It is one of those rare works which reverse the gaze and expose the reader to a non-European’s perception of the imperial world. The introduction and the detailed annotations contextualize the information and highlight its significance in the corpus of travel literature.