Rishad Choudhury is Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College.

'Choudhury offers a fascinating account of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Muslims who undertook the hajj, alongside other political endeavors. He describes a region whose interconnectedness is being altered by the collapse of Islamic empires. He depicts an Islam being transformed by an emerging colonial modernity. This is a carefully conceived, wonderfully erudite, and thoroughly researched book.' Munis D. Faruqui, University of California, Berkeley

• Introduction. Hajj in the Crisis of Empire; Part I. Departures: experiences and exchanges in the indian ocean: 1. Pilgrim passages; 2. The Hajj bazaar economy; Part II crossings: ideologies and institutions across empires; 3. The ʿUlama on Hajj; 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj; Part III Returns: states between home and the Haramain: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis; 6. Routes of the Muslim state; 7. Faqirs and fanatics, or, reconfiguring pilgrimage and political culture ; Conclusion: the Hajj and the ends of the Mughal world; Index.

Rishad Choudhury is Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College.

'Choudhury offers a fascinating account of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Muslims who undertook the hajj, alongside other political endeavors. He describes a region whose interconnectedness is being altered by the collapse of Islamic empires. He depicts an Islam being transformed by an emerging colonial modernity. This is a carefully conceived, wonderfully erudite, and thoroughly researched book.' Munis D. Faruqui, University of California, Berkeley

• Introduction. Hajj in the Crisis of Empire; Part I. Departures: experiences and exchanges in the indian ocean: 1. Pilgrim passages; 2. The Hajj bazaar economy; Part II crossings: ideologies and institutions across empires; 3. The ʿUlama on Hajj; 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj; Part III Returns: states between home and the Haramain: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis; 6. Routes of the Muslim state; 7. Faqirs and fanatics, or, reconfiguring pilgrimage and political culture ; Conclusion: the Hajj and the ends of the Mughal world; Index.

Rishad Choudhury is Assistant Professor of History at Oberlin College.

'Choudhury offers a fascinating account of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Muslims who undertook the hajj, alongside other political endeavors. He describes a region whose interconnectedness is being altered by the collapse of Islamic empires. He depicts an Islam being transformed by an emerging colonial modernity. This is a carefully conceived, wonderfully erudite, and thoroughly researched book.' Munis D. Faruqui, University of California, Berkeley

• Introduction. Hajj in the Crisis of Empire; Part I. Departures: experiences and exchanges in the indian ocean: 1. Pilgrim passages; 2. The Hajj bazaar economy; Part II crossings: ideologies and institutions across empires; 3. The ʿUlama on Hajj; 4. Hindi Sufis and the Hajj; Part III Returns: states between home and the Haramain: 5. The Company Raj and the Hajjis; 6. Routes of the Muslim state; 7. Faqirs and fanatics, or, reconfiguring pilgrimage and political culture ; Conclusion: the Hajj and the ends of the Mughal world; Index.