01769nam a2200217Ia 450000500170000000800410001702000180005808200200007610000260009624501250012225000190024726000520026630000320031852010080035065000570135865000420141565000340145765000290149194200140152099900170153420260630100029.0260630s9999||||xx |||||||||||||| ||und||  a9781107150621  a954.918 BEV223  aBeverley, Eric Lewis. 0aHyderabad, British India, and the Worldb: Muslim Networks and Minor Sovereignty, c. 1850–1950c/ Eric Lewis Beverley.  aFirst edition.  aCambridgeb: Cambridge University Pressc, 2015  axv, 344 p.b: mapsc; 24 cm  aHyderabad, British India, and the World: Muslim Networks and Minor Sovereignty, c. 1850–1950 examines the history of the princely state of Hyderabad during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Eric Lewis Beverley argues that Hyderabad was not merely a subordinate territory of the British Empire but possessed a distinct form of "minor sovereignty," enabling it to exercise meaningful authority over internal affairs while maintaining diplomatic, educational, and intellectual links with the wider Islamic world. The book explores how the rulers and administrators of Hyderabad fostered connections with Muslim scholars, reformers, and political leaders across the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. It highlights the state's investment in education, law, public administration, and religious institutions, demonstrating how Hyderabad became an important centre of Islamic intellectual exchange and modern governance despite operating within the framework of British paramountcy.  aHyderabad (India : State)—Politics and government.  aHyderabad (Princely State)—History.  aMuslim intellectuals—India.  aPrincely States—India.  cVC OFFICE  c69832d69832