[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › Riyad al-inshaʾ # Riyad al-inshaʾ (Riyāḍ al-inshāʾ) The Gardens of Composition Letters of the Bahmanī vizier on the Deccan campaigns (Goa, Vijayanagara, Orissa) and diplomacy. - **Date:** 1466–1481 CE - **Author:** [Maḥmūd Gāwān](https://indike.org/pramana/person/mahmud-gawan) - **Place:** Bidar (Muḥammadābād) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.riyad-al-insha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.riyad-al-insha) · Pramāṇa