Manu Pillai

Name: Rebel Sultans

Publisher Name: Juggernaut Books

Genre: Historical Non-Fiction

Description:

:  In’ Rebel Sultans’, Manu S Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth. Packed with riveting tales and compelling characters, this book takes us from the age of Alauddin Khilji to the ascent of Shivaji. We witness the dramatic rise and fall of the Vijayanagar Empire, even as we negotiate intrigues at the courts of the Bahmani kings and the Rebel Sultans who overthrew them. From Chand Bibi, a valorous queen stabbed to death and Ibrahim II of Bijapur, a Muslim prince who venerated Hindu gods, to Malik Ambar, the Ethiopian warlord, and Krishnadeva Raya on Vijayanagar’s Diamond Throne–they all appear in these pages as we journey through one of the most arresting sweeps of Indian history. Unraveling a forgotten chapter in our medieval past, Rebel Sultans reminds us of a different age and a different time in the Deccan–one that ended an empire and rewrote India’s destiny.

“Deftly and with great vividness, Manu S Pillai takes us through 400 years of rolling history and returns to Deccan to the center of our attention- where it belongs”- Sunil Khilani.