A TV documentary on the history of Muslims in Britain will examine the contribution of an Indian entrepreneur known as Dr Brighton.
Sake Dean Mohamed opened England's first masseur vapour bath in Brighton in 1814. His treatments proved so successful that both King George IV and William IV appointed him as their "shampooing surgeon."
Born in India in 1759, he emigrated to Ireland in 1786 where he wrote a book called "The Travels of Dean Mahomet."
He then moved to London where he opened the Hindustani Coffee House; England's first ever Indian takeaway restaurant. He finally settled in Brighton He later won the Physical Society Prize for developing the sphymograph (for measuring the pressure of the pulse).
The documentary Great British Islam, is screenedon Channel 4 on Sunday at 8pm.
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