Muslim chronicles for Indian history

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Muslim chronicles for 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 Abdul Malik Lamghan, Narain, Nardin, Thanesar, Mathura, Kanauj Link
x Tabaqat-i-Nasiri Minhaj-i-Siraj 1193-1259 Bakhtiyar Khilji Bihar, Bengal, Orissa Link


[edit] See also

Islam in India


History

Architecture

Mughal · Indo-Islamic

Major figures

Moinuddin Chishti · Akbar
Ahmed Raza Khan · Maulana Azad
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan · Bahadur Yar Jung

Communities

Northern · Mappilas · Tamil
Konkani · Marathi · Vora Patel
Memons · North-Eastern · Kashmiris
Hyderabadi · Dawoodi Bohras · Khoja
Oriya · Nawayath · Bearys · Meo · Sunni Bohras
Kayamkhani · Bengali

Islamic sects

Barelvi · Deobandi · Shia

Culture

Muslim culture of Hyderabad

Other topics

Ahle Sunnat Movement in South Asia
Indian Muslim nationalism
Muslim chronicles for Indian history

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Dates: The dates are author's known or estimated dates. "r" indicates dates for the patron ruler.