I think, I am having a good run, reading history books. This book is one of them.
This book started as a thesis for M. Siraj Anwar’s doctorate. What it has done, is helped us give a very specific insight into Deccan history. I enjoyed reading this book as a student of Deccan history.
I liked the sharp political focus of this book, as the title suggests. It does not waver from its objective. There is a truism about this book that is refreshing. The depth of study is respectable. The sense of interpretation is too. As a reader of Deccan history, I may disagree with some interpretations, but overall, this is a satisfying book.
When you imagine and sense the complexities of the Deccan politics, the mind boggling-ness of it all, this book helps you to come to terms with it. The book does not make it easy. It cannot make it easy; because what went on was not easy. It asks for your unwavering attention. For if, you were to skip a sentence, even, you might lose the tangled thread of the politics in play.
If Deccan history is something you are interested in, it is a must-read.
