Twilight of the Sultanate c3.28

c3.28

Of the later writers the most important is Nizāmuddīn Ahmad, author of the *Tabqāt-i-Akbarī*,¹⁷ a history from the first appearance of Muhammadanism in India up to the date of its composition in 1002 H (A.D. 1593-94). It is a very important source-book for the history of the Saiyyad and Lodī rulers. Nizāmuddīn Ahmad must have consulted some contemporary works, not available now. Abdul Qādir Badaonī, Ferishta and Nihāwandī, the author of *Ma'āsir-i-Rahīmī*, also deal at length with the history of the Lodī period.