The Indian Caliphate

'Mulla adroitly evokes the whims and regrets of the figures in this absorbing intercontinental account ... a sense of impending tragedy is palpable on every page ... poignant.' * <b><i>The Observer</i></b> * '[An] expertly researched debut ... engrossing.' * <b><i>Literary Review</i></b> * ‘The Indian Caliphate is captivating historical storytelling, as well as a piece of investigative journalism. Mulla is at his inquisitive and interrogative best, uncovering a hidden history.’ * <b><i>Asian Review of Books</i></b> * ‘Mulla’s writing is racy and vivid . . . the story is especially compelling as it foreshadows many of today’s political conflicts.’ * <b><i>Middle East Eye</i></b> * 'Mulla engagingly explores the dynamic interactions among the colourful leading personalities of the final days of the Ottoman Empire, the Islamic Caliphate, the pre-1947 Muslim nationalist movement in the late British Indian Raj, and the fading Indian princely state of Hyderabad. Throughout, he integrates his journalistic first-person descriptions and interviews with his historical research.' * <b>Michael H. Fisher, Danforth Professor of History, Emeritus, Oberlin College; author of <i>The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre</i></b> * 'In this ambitious and engrossing book, Mulla forensically traces the intrigue and suspense that accompanied Abdulmejid's attempt to revive the Caliphate in India, much to the consternation of the British. As he takes the reader from Istanbul to the French Riviera, from the attar-scented palaces of Hyderabad to the dusty Australian Outback, Mulla introduces a bedazzling cast of characters, vividly bringing to life this important and largely untold story of empire and exile.' * <b>John Zubrzycki, author of <i>Dethroned</i>, <i>The House of Jaipur</i> and <i>Empire of Enchantment</i></b> * 'Richly researched and compellingly written, this book announces the arrival of Imran Mulla not just as a meticulous and exciting historian, but as a voice that will be and should be heard through the coming decades.' * <b>Moin Mir, author of <i>The Prince Who Beat the Empire</i>, <i>The Lost Fragrance of Infinity</i> and <i>Travels with Plotinus</i></b> *