After WW1 and the Turkish war of independence, Mustafa Kemal abolished the Ottoman caliphate. The last caliph, Abdulmejid II, was sent into exile.
However, there was a pan-Islamic movement among Muslims in British India at the time called the Khilafat Movement, which sought restore the caliph's political authority, or at least preserve the institutions. Abdulmejid's daughter Durrusehvar Sultan married Azam Jah, the heir to the throne of Hyderabad, an Indian princely state.
How would history be affected if the Ottoman Caliphate was replaced by a Hyderabad caliphate? Could a future caliph be given a ceremonial presidency or position of constitutional monarch in an independent India?
The continued existence of a caliphate in South Asia might change the factors which contributed to partition, and affect the Islamic revival later on in the 20th century.
However, there was a pan-Islamic movement among Muslims in British India at the time called the Khilafat Movement, which sought restore the caliph's political authority, or at least preserve the institutions. Abdulmejid's daughter Durrusehvar Sultan married Azam Jah, the heir to the throne of Hyderabad, an Indian princely state.
How would history be affected if the Ottoman Caliphate was replaced by a Hyderabad caliphate? Could a future caliph be given a ceremonial presidency or position of constitutional monarch in an independent India?
The continued existence of a caliphate in South Asia might change the factors which contributed to partition, and affect the Islamic revival later on in the 20th century.