Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani
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Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani was a 13th century Persian
historian
. Juzjani was the principal historian for the Delhi Sultanate. He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri for Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud
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Persian
Persian means of, from, or related to Persia , or the Persian-speaking world. See:* Persian people, the majority ethnic group of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan* Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. Juzjani was the principal historian for the Delhi Sultanate. He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri for Sultan Nasir ud din Mahmud
Nasir ud din Mahmud
Nasir ud din Mahmud, Nasir ud din Firuz Shah was the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate . He was the youngest son of Shams ud din Iltutmish , and he succeeded Ala ud din Masud after the chiefs replaced Masud when they felt that he began to behave as a tyrant.As a ruler, Mahmud was known to be...
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