Muslim chronicles for Indian history
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Muslim chronicles for Indian history are chronicles regarding history of the Indian subcontinent written from Muslim perspective. The chronicles written in Arabic or Persian
are valuable sources for Indian history.
This is a chronological list of major chronicles, authors and the region they cover.
Dates: The dates are author's known or estimated dates. "r" indicates dates for the patron ruler.
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
are valuable sources for Indian history.
This is a chronological list of major chronicles, authors and the region they cover.
# | Chronicle | Author | Date | Ruler | Region | Links |
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1 | Futûhu’l-Buldãn | al-Bilãdhurî | ||||
Ruler | Seistan, Samarqand, Debal, Multan, Kandahar | Links | ||||
2 | Tãrîkh-i-Tabarî | Abu Ja‘far Muhammad bin Jarîr at-Tabarî | 839-922 | Ruler | Beykund (Khurasan) Samarqand, Balkh, Kabul | Links |
3 | Tãrîkhu'l-Hind | Abû Rîhan Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Bîrûnî | 970- | Ruler | Multan, Thanesar | Links |
4 | Kitãbu’l-Yamînî | Abû Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Jabbãru’l-‘Utbî | ||||
Samanid 'Abd al-Malik I | Lamghan, Narain, Nardin, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj | Link | ||||
5 | Tabaqat-i-Nasiri | Minhaj-i-Siraj Minhaj-i-Siraj Minhaj-i-Siraj was a 13th century Indo-Persian Muslim historian. Born as the son of a Ghorid Qazi, he came to India in 1227 and was made Qazi at the court of Nasiruddin Qabacha at Uchch. After the fall of Multan to Shamsuddin Iltutmish in 1228, he moved to Delhi... |
1193-1259 | Bakhtiyar Khilji | Bihar, Bengal, Orissa | Link |
See also
Notes:Dates: The dates are author's known or estimated dates. "r" indicates dates for the patron ruler.