Mohammad Habib was one of the founders of Aligarh School of history writing. Discussing several aspects of the Delhi Sultanate, this classic collection examines not just the emperors, their campaigns, strategies, and political thoughts but also peasants, artisans, tailors, weavers and a plethora of people who constituted the landscape of the subcontinent during the eleventh to seventeenth centuries. Irfan Habib's introduction discusses the biography and situates Mohammad Habib's writings in the larger context of medieval history and historians. It will be a significant resource for scholars, teachers, and students of medieval Indian history, especially Delhi Sultanate.
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The volume cover the entire political history of Delhi Sultanate, focusing on Mahmud Ghazni's campaigns, Ziyauddin Barani's descriptions, Sufi saints and their records, as well as peasants, artisans, tailors, weavers and a plethora of people who constituted the landscape of the subcontinent during the eleventh to seventeenth centuries.
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Introduction; Chapter 1. Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni; Chapter 2. Life and Thought of Ziyauddin Barani; Chapter 3. Introduction to Elliot and Dowson's History of India Vol. II; Chapter 4. Presidential Address Indian History Congress (Bombay, 1947); Chapter 5. Hazrat Amir Khusrau of Delhi; Chapter 6. Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud Chiragh-i Delhi as a Great Historical Personality; Chapter 7. Chishti Mystic Records of the Sultanate Period.
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ISBN
9780198069942
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
OUP India
Vekt
710 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
528

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Mohammad Habib (1895-1971) was the general president of Indian History Congress in 1947. Irfan Habib was former Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) and awarded Padma Bhusan in 2005.