Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) and index.
Glossary -- Introduction -- Sind and its pirs up to 1843 -- Creating a system of political control after 1843 -- Challenge to the system: the Pir Pagaro and the Hur rebellion of the 1890s -- Challenge to the system: the Khilafat movement, 1919-1924 -- A more complex system of political control: pirs and politics under the raj, 1900-1947 -- The final challenge: the Pir Pagaro again -- Epilogue -- Conclusion.