This book explores how belief in a global conspiracy against the British Empire ignited local politics and schemes in southern India.

As the British prepared for war in Afghanistan in 1839, rumors spread of a Muslim conspiracy based in India's Deccan region. Colonial officials were convinced t

This study questions current views that Muslims represented a secure point of reference for the British understanding of colonial Indian society. Through revisi

While jihad has been the subject of countless studies in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, scholarship on the topic has so far paid little attention to Sout

A study of political possibilities in the era of modern imperialism, from the perspective of the sovereign state of Hyderabad.