Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani
Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani | |
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| Born | 1193 Ghur, Ghurid dynasty |
| Died | after 1266 |
| 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 region of Ghur.[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 Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi.[6]
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References[]
- ^ James P. Delgado, Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada, (University of California Press, 2008), p.38.
- ^ Bosworth 2000.
- ^ C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 112.
- ^ 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)...."
- ^ "SURIS OF GHOR AND THE SHINASP FAMILY". Abdul Hai Habibi. alamahabibi.com. Retrieved August 14, 2012.
Minhaj Siraj Juzjani, historian of the Ghorid court, speaks of other celebrated and powerful personalities of the Suris who were the ancestors of the kings of Ghor.
- ^ Indian Historical Writing c.600-c.1400, Duad Ali, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 2: 400-1400, (Oxford University Press, 2012), 94.
Sources[]
- Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2000). "Menhāj-e Serāj". Encyclopaedia Iranica.
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- 1193 births
- 13th-century writers
- 13th-century deaths
- Chroniclers
- 12th-century Iranian people
- 13th-century Iranian people
- Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)
- People of the Ghurid Empire
- Iranian emigrants to India
- Historians of India