Minhaj-i-Siraj

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Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani
Born Abu Osman
1193
Firuz Kuh (modern day (Afghanistan)
Other names Abu Osman Minhajuddin bin Sirajuddin
Occupation Historian
Employer Ghurid Dynasty
Mamluk Sultanate

Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani (born 1193), full name Abu Osman Minhajuddin bin Sirajuddin, was a 13th-century Persian historian[1] born in the Ghurid capital city of Firuzkuh, which was located in Ghor Province.[2]

In 1227, Juzjani migrated to Ucch then to Delhi.[3] Juzjani was the principal historian for the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India.[4] and wrote of the Ghurid dynasty.[5] He also wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud of Delhi.[6]

See also

References

  1. James P. Delgado, Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada, (University of California Press, 2008), p.38.
  2. Iqtidar Husain Siddiqi, Indo-Persian Historiography Up To The Thirteenth Century, (Primus Books, 2010), 94.[1]
  3. C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 112.
  4. Shafique N. Virani, The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation, (Oxford University Press, 2007), 23;"Minhaj-i-Siraj Juzjani, the foremost historian of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote his "Nasirid Generations"(Tabaqat-i Nasiri)...."
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  6. Indian Historical Writing c.600-c.1400, Duad Ali, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 2: 400-1400, (Oxford University Press, 2012), 94.

Primary sources

  • Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, Biblotheca Indica, Calcutta, 1864;
  • Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, Calcutta, 1880

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