The Sultanate of Delhi, 711–1526 A.D. c30.2

c30.2

Our chief sources of information for a history of the Sultanate period are mainly in Persian and partly in Arabic. The chroniclers were foreign Turks or Afghans who, as a rule, were interested in the progress of Islam in India and the affairs at the court. They were not scientific historians and confined their attention to the doings of the monarchs and paid little attention to the activity of the people. The works can be divided into three classes, namely, (a) Chronicles, (b) Travels, and (c) Modern works.