Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c4.s2.t1.9

c4.s2.t1.9

For the study of the Afghans (Lodis and Surs) I have consulted the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi, the Tarikh-i-Daudi and the Waqi‘at-i-Mushtaqi. The Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi is well-known for its careful compilation of numerous biographies of those who lived and moved among the scenes and afterwards related their experiences to the author, who incorporated them with due care and examination.² The other two chronicles, however, do not show the same discrimination or historical judgment. The Tarikh-i-Daudi is ‘fragmentary and disjointed, and amounts to little more than desultory memoirs.’ Similarly, the Waqi‘at-i-Mushtaqi is ill-arranged and contains long digressions. Both of them are further full of marvels and superstitions;