{"product_id":"9781805264248","title":"The Indian Caliphate","description":"Author: Imran Mulla\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781805264248\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hurst Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 280\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable story of the last Ottoman Caliph, exiled by Atatrk, who tried to recreate the Caliphate in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbdulmejid II was a talented painter, music enthusiast and Francophile. He was also the last Ottoman Caliph, expelled from Istanbul in March 1924 when Turkey abolished the 1,300-year-old Caliphate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his villa on the French Riviera, Abdulmejid launched a plan to resurrect the institution and transform world history. Indian politician Shaukat Ali brokered a marital alliance between the Ottomans and the Nizam of Hyderabad, the world's richest prince, who governed a state the size of Italy in the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis saw the union of Islam's two greatest houses, and of the Islamic west and east. It cemented Hyderabad's status as a global Muslim capital, and left Abdulmejid's grandson, the Ottoman prince and the designated Nizam-in-waiting, perfectly placed to claim the Caliphate. But Partition in 1947 and the annexation of Hyderabad the following year spelled the end of this prospect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the lives, cultures and sensibilities of an amazing cast of players, \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Caliphate \u003c\/i\u003edetails this extraordinary history, which for decades has been consigned to near oblivion. This story of the downfall of two Muslim dynasties reveals a forgotten fact: that India was, in many ways, the very epicentre of the Islamic world in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857106391198,"sku":"ADS-9781805264248","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781805264248.jpg?v=1779154552","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781805264248","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}