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Hardcover. Condition: New. Syed Ubaidur Rahman s book is a thoroughgoing work of historical revisionism and excavation. It seeks to rehabilitate the Muslim Sultanate of medieval South India into mainstream historical discourse in India, seeking to correct its current marginal status. It is a major work of historiography and it succeeds in the goal it sets out to achieve. The book is divided into five significant chapters dealing with the Bahamani kingdom, the Adil Shahi Sultanate of Bijapur, the Nizam Shahi Sultanate of Ahmadnagar, Qutb Shahi Sultanate of Golconda (Hyderabad), and the Sultanate of Madura (Ma bar). The chapters delve into significant aspects of the political history of these sultanates, their rich cultural life, their architectural achievements, their scholarly investments and their lasting contribution therefore, to the rich texture of Indian civilization.