The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji
‘A remarkable, daring book’
Hindustan Times

WINNER OF THE SAHITYA AKADEMI YUVA PURASKAR

‘One of India’s finest young historians’
OPEN

‘Dazzling storytelling … a genuine thriller that is near impossible to shut’
INDIAN EXPRESS

‘Deftly and with great vividness, Manu S. Pillai takes us through 400 years of roiling history
and returns the Deccan to the centre of our attention – where it belongs’
SUNIL KHILNANI

‘Provides the much-needed bridge between
the isolated world of academia and wider public audience … Pillai holds his readers spellbound through a sweeping narration’
THE HINDU

‘Minutely researched and yet instantly accessible … Rebel Sultans will bring the fascinating history of the medieval Deccan
to a whole new generation of readers’
WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

‘A fascinating book, with delectable minutiae in practically every page’
OUTLOOK