History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c14.48

c14.48

Among later historians the most remarkable is Yahya bin Ahmad bin ‘Abdullah Sirhindi, author of the *Tarikh-i-Mubārak Shahi*. This is a work which is superior to all later writings in several respects. It begins with the history of the conquest of Hindustan by Muhammad Ghori and ends with an account of Muhammad Khan bin Khizr Khan. Sir Henry Elliot has given extracts (IV) from his MS. which Thomas describes as a second-rate copy, but he begins with Firuz Tughluq's reign. I was able to consult a fairly good manuscript copy of the *Tarikh-i-Mubārak Shahi* which is in the possession of Prof. J. N. Sarkar of the Patna College. This MS. is dated 1038 A.H. (1628 A.D.) a fairly old MS. and concludes with an account of Sultan Mubarak Sayyid's preparation for march to Multān. The last date in this MS. is Rabi-al-ākhir 838 A.H. (1434 A.D.). The author does not give a list of the works he utilised in writing his history. He simply says that he gathered the accounts of the Sultans of Dihli from various books and from eye-witnesses. But it is clear that he has consulted among others Barani's *Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi* and Shams-i-Sirāj ‘Afif's *Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi*.