Turkish dreams | Imran Mulla's 'The Indian Caliphate: Exiled Ottomans and the Billionaire Prince'

As British rule in India came to an end, some of the larger princely states aspired for independence or a near-autonomous status. Some had even bigger ambitions—Hari Singh in Kashmir envisaged heading a “Dograistan”, a federation of Kashmir and other Himalayan states with a capital in Lahore. Most audacious was the Nizam of Hyderabad’s hope of becoming the Caliph of Islam—the symbolic leader of Muslims the world over. The Indian Caliphate compellingly tells the story of this scheme.