The Prince Who Beat the Empire

“A moving story, and a deeply sympathetic hero: courageous, gentle and magnificently stylish who took on and defeated a monolithic tyrant; winning over Victorian London with his charm and decency. Mary Jane’s love for him and his country is so affecting: that out of his fight with England, came an affection and a lasting connection to it”

“Moin Mir weaves a fascinating story of triumph and fortitude, reanimating in delightful prose a forgotten chapter from our colonial past. Painstakingly crafted and richly researched, this is the remarkable story of a quest for justice against the might of empire, and of the travails of an Indian prince who stood up for that which was his by right”

“A gripping untold history which Moin Mir has written with great knowledge and flair. Meer Jafar Ali Khan achieved what no other Indian prince was able to: the political defeat of the East India Company in the House of Commons. The British political establishment, convinced by his passionate fight for justice, rose for the first time in favour of an Indian and against their own empire. This is a stirring historical book”