Maps
Preface to the US Paperback Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
MAP
Introduction: ‘Am I not a Pakhtun?’
1
Death of a Commissioner
2
The Puritan of the Desert
3
The False Dawn of the Imam-Mahdi
4
The Call of the Imam-Mahdi
5
The Early Summer of 1857
6
The Late Summer of 1857
7
The Ambeyla Disaster
8
The Wahabees on Trial
9
The Frontier Ablaze
10
The Brotherhood
11
The Coming Together
12
The Unholy Alliance
Illustrations
Leading Muslim personalities
Appendix 1: The roots of the Al-Saud–Al-Wahhab family alliance
Appendix 2: The ‘Wahhabi’ family tree in India
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Also by Charles Allen
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