Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani

Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian^[1] born in the region of Ghur.^[2]

In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi.^[3] The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India,^[a][4] Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well.^[5] He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi.^[6] He died in 1266.^[7]

Juzjani's grandson, Sadr-ud Din Arif, served as the deputy chief Qadi during the reign of sultan Alauddin Khalji, and had married Khudawandzada Begum, the daughter of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. Their son, Dawar Malik, was a son-in-law of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, and was a claimant to the throne after Muhammad bin Tughlaq's death in 1351.^[8]