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The History of India, as Told by its Own Historians 8 Volume Set

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The History of India, as Told by its Own Historians 8 Volume Set

The History of India, as Told by its Own Historians 8 Volume Set

The Muhammadan Period
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Henry Miers Elliot
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John Dowson
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March 2013
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    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'. The collection is therefore not only valuable for its translation into English of many important extracts of sources from the ninth century to the nineteenth, but it also serves as a fascinating example of the use of historiography as a colonial tool.

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    • Published: March 2013
    • Format: Multiple copy pack
    • ISBN: 9781108055918
    • Length: 4720 pages
    • Dimensions: 485 × 350 × 185 mm
    • Weight: 7.46kg
    • Contains: 2 b/w illus.
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Preliminary note
    • Editor's preface
    • Original preface
    • Notice of Sir Henry M. Elliot
    • Part I. Early Arab Geographers:
    • 1. The merchant Sulaiman and Abu Zaid
    • 2. Ibn Khurdadba
    • 3. A Masudi
    • 4. Al Istakhri
    • 5. Ibn Haukal
    • 6. Suru-l Buldan
    • 7. Rashidu-d Din, from Al Biruni
    • 8. Al Idrisi
    • 9. Al Kazwini
    • Part II. Historians of Sind:
    • 1. Mujmalu-t Tawarikh
    • 2. Futuhu-l Buldan
    • 3. Chach-nama
    • 4. Tarikhu-s Sind
    • 5. Tarikh-i Tahiri
    • 6. Beg-Lar-nama
    • 7. Tarkhan-nama or Arghun-nama
    • 8. Tuhfatu-l Kiram
    • Appendix A. Geographical
    • Appendix B. Historical
    • Appendix C. Ethnological
    • Appendix D. Miscellaneous. Volume 2: Preface
    • 1. Tarikhu-l Hind
    • 2. Tarikh Yamini
    • 3. Tarikhu-s Subuktigin
    • 4. Jamiu-Hikayat
    • 5. Taju-l Ma-asir
    • 6. Kamilu-t Tawarikh
    • 7. Nizamu-t Tawarikh
    • 8. Tabakat-i Nasiri
    • 9. Jahan Kusha
    • Appendices. Volume 3: Preface
    • 10. Jamiu-t Tawarikh
    • 11. Tazjiyatu-l Amsar
    • 12. Tarikh-i Binakiti 13. Tarikh-i Guzida
    • 14. Tarikh-i Alai
    • 15. Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi (1)
    • 16. Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi (2)
    • 17. Futuhat-i Firoz Shahi
    • 18. Malfuzat-i Timuri
    • 19. Zafar-nama
    • Appendices. Volume 4: 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. Volume 5: Preface
    • 34. Tarikh-i Salatan-i Afaghana
    • 35. Makhzan-i Afghani and Tarikh-i Khan-Jahan Lodi
    • 36. Humayun-nama
    • 37. Tarikh-i Rashidi
    • 38. Tazkiratu-l Wakiat
    • 39. Tarikh-i Alfi
    • 40. Tabakat-i Akbari
    • 41. Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh, or Tarikh-i Badauni
    • Appendices. Volume 6: Preface
    • 42. Akbar-nama
    • 43. Takmila-i Akbar-name
    • 44. Akbar-nama
    • 45. Wakiat
    • 46. Wikaya
    • 47. Tarikh-i Hakki
    • 48. Zubdatu-t
    • 49. Rauzatu-t Tahirin
    • 50. Muntakhabu-t Tawarikh, or Ahsanu-t Tawarikh
    • 51. Tarikh-i Firishta
    • 52. Ma-asir-i Rahimi
    • 53. Anfau-l Akhbar
    • 54. Tarikh-i Salim Shah
    • 55. Dwazda-Sala-i Jahangiri
    • 56. Tatimma-i Wakiat-i Jahangiri
    • 57. Ikbal-nama-i Jahangiri
    • 58. Ma-asir-i Jahangiri
    • 59. Intikhab-i Jahangiri-Shahi
    • 60. Subh-i Sadik
    • Appendices. Volume 7: Preface
    • 61. Padsha-nama
    • 62. Badshah-nama
    • 63. Shah Jahan-nama
    • 64. Badshah-nama
    • 65. Amal-i Salih
    • 66. Shah-Jahan-nama
    • 67. Majalisu-s Salatin
    • 68. Tarikh-i Mufazzali
    • 69. Mir-at-i Alam and Mir-at-i Jahan-numa
    • 70. Zinatu-t Tawarikh
    • 71. Lubbu-t Tawarikh-i Hind
    • 72. Alamgir-nama
    • 73. Ma-asir-i Alamgiri
    • 74. Futuhat-i Alamgiri
    • 75. Tarikh-i Mulk-i Asham
    • 76. Wakai
    • 77. Jang-nama
    • 78. Ruka'at-i Alamgiri
    • 79. Muntakhabu-l Lubab
    • 80. Tarikh
    • 81. Tarikh-i Bahadur Shahi
    • 82. Tarikh-i Shah Alam Bahadur Shahi
    • 83. Ibrat-nama. Volume 8: Preface
    • Examination of Major Raverty's criticisms of the Tabakat-i-Nasiri as translated in Vol. II of this work
    • Additions and corrections
    • Texts
    • Bibliographical index
    • Geographical index
    • General index.
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