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Our India expert Joe Bindloss recently visited the south Indian city of Hyderabad to explore its regal history. ‘This was once one of the wealthiest of all India’s princely states – at the height of his powers, its Nizam (ruler) was reputedly the richest man in the world,’ he says. Joe visited palaces, art collections, pearl markets and perfumiers who mixed him scents on the spot, and he even sampled a recreation of a royal meal, including curry-leaf sorbet served in a ceramic egg. ‘It sounds unusual but worked surprisingly well!’ His top city tips: