In Rebel Sultans Manu S. Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the dawn of the eighteenth. Packed with riveting tales and compelling characters this book takes us from the age of Alauddin Khilji to the ascent of Shivaji. We witness the dramatic rise and fall ofthe Vijayanagar empire even as we negotiate intrigues at the courts of the Bahmani kings and the Rebel Sultans who overthrew them. From Chand Bibi a valorous queen stabbed to death and Ibrahim