The Foundation of Muslim Rule in India: A History of the Establishment and Progress of the Turkish Sultanate of Delhi, 1206–1290 A.D. c7.159

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² Fakhruddin Razi dedicated one of his works—the *Lataiful Ghiyasi*, to Muizzuddin's elder brother. Nizami Uruzi was a great friend of Alauddin, the "world-burner", and lived in the Ghor court down to the reigns of Ghiyasuddin and Muizzuddin; *Chahar Maqala*, intr. Another reputed litterateur enjoying Muizzuddin's patronage was Fakhruddin Mubarakshah the author, among others, of a voluminous book of genealogies and a versified history of the Shansabani dynasty. His father was also an eminent divine and attended the court of Firozkoh; see *Ajaib Namah*, E. G. Browne presentation volume, p. 393-94. and 409; also Minhaj, p. 27.