Muslim chronicles for Indian history
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Muslim chronicles of Indian history are chronicles regarding history of the Indian subcontinent written from Muslim perspective. The chronicles written in Arabic or Persian are valuable sources for Indian history.
This is a chronological list of major chronicles, authors and the region they cover.
| # | Chronicle | Author | Date | Ruler | Region | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Futûhu’l-Buldãn | al-Bilãdhurî | -893 | Ruler | Seistan, Samarqand, Debal, Multan, Kandahar | Links |
| 2 | Tãrîkh-i-Tabarî | Abu Ja‘far Muhammad bin Jarîr at-Tabarî | 839-922 | Ruler | Beykund (Khurasan) Samarqand, Balkh, Kabul | Links |
| 3 | Tãrîkhu'l-Hind | Abû Rîhan Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Bîrûnî | 970- | Ruler | Multan, Thanesar | Links |
| 4 | Kitãbu’l-Yamînî | Abû Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Jabbãru’l-‘Utbî | -1020 | Samanid 'Abd al-Malik I | Lamghan, Narain, Nardin, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj | Link |
| 5 | Tabaqat-i Nasiri | Minhaj-i-Siraj | 1193-1259 | Nasiruddin Mahmud | Mamluk Sultanate | [1] |
| 6 | Baharistan-i-Ghaibi | Mirza Nathan | 1605-1627 | Islam Khan I | Bengal, Bihar, Orissa | [2] |
| 7 | Tuhfat Ul Mujahideen | Zainuddin Makhdoom II | 1498-1583 | Ruler | Malabar and South Canara | Links |
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Notes
Dates: The dates are author's known or estimated dates. "r" indicates dates for the patron ruler.