The Legacy of Muslim Rule in India c8.s4.10

c8.s4.10

Weapons, equipments, engines etc. for waging war are mentioned in the *Sirat-i-Firoz Shahi*, and some other works. There are manuals in the Persian language written right from the tenth century onwards dealing elaborately with the art of warfare. These would have provided guidance to the Indian Sultans on military matters. The *Qabus Nama*, for instance, written by Kaikaus in the year 475 H. (108283 C.E.) has three chapters- On Buying Horses; On Giving Battle to the Enemy and On the Art of Controlling An Armed Force. Similarly, Nizam-ul-Mulks *Siyasat Nama* written in 485 H. (1092-93 C.E.) contains two short chapters On Having Troops of Various Races and On Preparing Arms and Equipment for War and Expeditions.¹⁵³ In India Fakhr-i-Mudabbir and Ziyauddin Barani wrote on the theme.