History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c13.33

c13.33

Following Barani’s example, later Muhammadan writers have painted Muhammad’s character in a most lurid light. It is perfectly obvious that excepting the author of the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi none of our later historians seems to have utilised much fresh material. The author of the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi does not give a full list of the books he consulted in preparing his history, but it is evident that he must have utilised certain works other than Barani’s Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi for much of the information he supplies is not to be found in Barani’s pages. Those who came after him largely drew upon Barani and reproduced his charges against the Sultan. He describes the Sultan as ‘bloody’ (خونی) and being of the same the author of the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi does not care to examine the truth of the charge Sultan Muhammad sent implied.²² Abul Fazl, though he dwells upon the the Sultan. The Qazi’s justice, accepts the opprobrious title ‘bloody’ which this (Cont. on p. 427) he on his day the Sultan had a reputation for cruelty.²³ Qazi gave up all idea of pa refers to this invitation but he Calcutta Text, p. 42.