The History of India, as Told by its Own Historians
The Muhammadan Period

This comprehensive eight-volume collection (1867–77) includes descriptions of the texts of Islamic history, translations of extracts, and background information.

Henry Miers Elliot (Author), John Dowson (Edited by)

9781108055864, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 March 2013

582 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.73 kg

This extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820–81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808–53). Before his death, hoping to bolster British colonial ideology, Elliot had intended to evaluate scores of Arabic and Persian historians of India, believing that his translations would demonstrate the violence of the Muslim rulers and 'make our native subjects more sensible of the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and the equity of our rule'. Volume 4 covers the death of Timur in 1405 and continues to Akbar (1542–1605), including the autobiography of Babur (1483–1530), the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi (1580), and the Tarikh-i-Daudi, covering the fall of the Karrani dynasty of Bengal and the rise of Akbar. The appendices discuss further anecdotal and related literature of the age.

Preface
20. Tarikh-i Hafiz Abru
21. Tarikh-i Mubarak Shahi
22. Matlau-s Sadain
23. Rauzatu-s Safa
24. Khulasatu-l Akhbar
25. Dasuru-l Wuzra
26. Habubu-s Siyar
27. Tarikh-i Ibrahimi, or Tarikh-i Humayuni
28. Tuzak-i Barbari
29. Tabakat-i Babari
30. Lubbu-t Tawarikh
31. Nusakh-i Jahanara
32. Tarikh-i Sher Shahi
33. Tarikh-i Daudi
Appendices.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]