Muhammed Yusuf Khan enlisted under Chanda Sahib who was then the Nawab of Arcot. While staying in Arcot he fell in love with a 'Portuguese' Christian (a loose term for a person of mixed Indo-European descent or Luso-Indian) girl named Marcia / Marsha , and married her. In 1751, there was an ongoing scuffle between Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah, (who was the son of the previous Nawab of Arcot Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan hence the rightful claimant) and Chanda Sahib his relative and a pretender, for the throne of Arcot. The former sought the help of British and the latter the French. Chanda Sahib
A. M. Muhammed A. M. Muhammed A M Muhammed (born 1958), is a writer in Malayalam based in Abu Dhabi. A. M. Muhammed, born in Madathikaranma, Oachira, Kerala. He is a well-noted writer in Malayalam; he has published more than one dozen books as novels, short stories, essays and dramas. "Sahara" is his well-known novel written in the theme of Arab’s life and culture published by India’s leading publishers, D. C. Books. It is noted as the first Indo Arab novel. Its English translation will come out very shortly. Muhammed has been living in United Arab Emirates since the 1980s. He is also