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THE LAST NIZAM
₨ 795The Last Nizam is the story of an extraordinary dynasty, the Nizams of Hyderabad, and how the heir to India’s richest princely state gave up a kingdom and retired to the dusty paddocks of outback Australia. With vivid detail and anecdote John Zubrzycki charts the rise of the Nizams to fabulous wealth and prominence under the Mughal emperors of India, giving a rich and vibrant portrait of a realm soaked in blood and intrigue. Above all he describes the strange – sometimes comic, sometimes tragic – life of Mukarram Jah, His Exalted Highness, the Rustam of the Age, the Aristotle of the Times, Wal Mamaluk, Asaf Jah VIII, the Conqueror of Dominions, the Regulator of the Realm, Nawab Mir Barakat Ali Khan Bahadur, The Victor in Battles, the Leader of Armies, the last Nizam, the man who left behind the diamonds of Golconda and the palaces of Hyderabad to drive bulldozers in the Australian bush. A delicate and detailed work, The Last Nizam adds a crucial chapter to the history of India, capturing the very scent of wine, women and wealth whose appetites kept the Nizams in news and scandal while simultaneously deepening their legend.
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POLITICAL ISLAM IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT THE JAMAAT-I-ISLAMI
₨ 295This study aspires to bring out the regional and international strategies of the Jamaat-i-Islami and to underscore thereby the points of convergence as well as the limits of cooperation between Islamist movements. It tries to uncover the mechanisms through which Pakistani authorities make use of the Jamaat to promote their regional interests, particularly in Kashmir and Afghanistan, and also the way in which Pakistan’s rivals, India in particular, make use of these same mechanisms to manipulate Pakistan.
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