A review by lucyb
Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery Across the Indian Ocean by Omar H. Ali

4.0

Lucid, readable, and engaging, this is an exemplary microhistory, in my opinion. Its use of sources is transparent, and there's an appendix with a variety of translated primary sources from Mughal and European authors. I thought Ali's treatment of the complicated political situation in the Deccan was intelligent and clear, but I did find that some undergraduates (with a poor secondary education) found it overwhelming.