{"product_id":"indian-caliphate","title":"Indian Caliphate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe remarkable story of the last Ottoman Caliph, exiled by Atatürk, who tried to recreate the Caliphate in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the lives, cultures and sensibilities of an amazing cast of players, \u003cem\u003eThe Indian Caliphate\u003c\/em\u003e details 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":"C Hurst \u0026 Co Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55283393167704,"sku":"9781805264248","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805264248_fa4384a5-90a0-40c3-97dc-9f0c30fbe694.jpg?v=1770523227","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/indian-caliphate","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}