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.

# Chronicle Author Date Ruler Region Links
1
Futûhu’l-Buldãn
al-Bilãdhurî -893 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 -1020 Samanid 'Abd al-Malik I Lamghan, Narain, Nardin, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj Link
5 Tabaqat-i Nasiri
Minhaj-i-Siraj
1193-1259
Nasiruddin Mahmud
Mamluk Sultanate [1]
6 Baharistan-i-Ghaibi Mirza Nathan 1605-1627 Islam Khan I
Orissa
[2]
7 Tuhfat Ul Mujahideen Zainuddin Makhdoom II 1498-1583 Ruler Malabar and South Canara Links


See also

Islam in India

Notes

Dates: The dates are author's known or estimated dates. "r" indicates dates for the patron ruler.

References