Contents

Map of the Nizam’s Dominions – 1947
Glossary
Introduction
1		The Ghosts of Golconda
2		In the Court of Hyderabad
3		Poor Nizzy Pays for All
4		Regulators of the Realm
5		A Very Eastern Pantomime
6		Shahs, Sultans, Kings and Caliphs
7		Bounty of God, Blessed by Allah
8		Operation Polo
9		The Faqir’s Curse
10		The Palace of the Four Pavilions
11		The Darbar in the Desert
12		‘Life’s Not Supposed to be Easy’
13		Like Discs of the Setting Sun
14		Losing It
Epilogue
Endnotes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index