{"product_id":"the-indian-caliphate","title":"The Indian Caliphate","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781805264248\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hurst Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\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":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859686334597,"sku":"PR433185","price":66.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG6H96U9798.jpg?v=1789104451","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-indian-caliphate","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}