History of the Khaljis, A.D. 1290–1320 c26.2

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The history of the Khaljī sultans suffers from want of contemporary historians. It is said that Kabīruddīn, son of Tājuddīn Irāqī, was the court historian of 'Alāuddīn and wrote a history of the latter's reign in several volumes. His work, the *Fatehnāmah*, is not traceable now, and consequently a very useful account of 'Alāuddīn's reign has been lost. The works of Baranī and Amīr Khusrau, as well as those of other contemporary and later historians, however, lend sufficient information about the Khaljīs. In the following pages a study of the historical value of the various works, mostly in Persian, available to us on the subject would be made. The bibliography gives a list of most of the works utilized in the preparation of this book.