Abstract:
The book Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi, authored by Ziauddin Mu'ayyad al-Mulk Barani, is one of the most important historiographical texts in the field of Islamic history in India. In addition to examining the political issues of the Muslim Sultans of Delhi up to the author's era, this work also covers the social and economic issues of society. The examination of the social and economic issues of the people becomes significant because, in addition to their important role in the course of history, a court historian has undertaken such a task. This writing attempts to exploratorily reach Barani's social perspectives through his direct and indirect references. In examining the impact of Ziauddin Barani's social insight on his historiography, the assumption is: Ziauddin Barani's social insight caused the author's serious approach to social issues in order to guide the rulers and kings of the era toward social reform. In this article, while becoming acquainted with the biography and the cases considered by the author regarding social and economic issues, his views on the factors affecting social changes are identified.
Machine summary:
Ziauddin Barani is one of the historians who, alongside writing the official history of the Muslim kings of Delhi, reported social issues.
com examine whether Barani, despite writing the official history of Taghluq kings, due to having a social approach, has also depicted the condition of the subjects alongside paying attention to court issues, its history, and politics.
Keywords: Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi, Ziauddin Barani, social insight, Delhi Sultans, official historiography.
It can be assumed that Barani, despite writing the official history of the Tughluq kings, due to having a social approach, has also depicted the condition of the subjects alongside paying attention to court issues, its history, and politics.
Study works such as History of Islamic Thought in India by Aziz Ahmad, Islamic Literature of India by Schimmel, Historiography in Islam by Sajjadi and Alamzadeh, History of Islamic Political Thought by Blake Anthony, Barani's entry written by Sabut (1380), and so on, have also merely sufficed with introducing the author or introducing the book Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi, devoid of any kind of analysis.
The book Tarikh-i Firuz Shahi, authored by Ziauddin Mu'ayyad al-Mulk Barani, is one of the most important historiographical texts of India in the Islamic era that has been written in the Persian language.
This book is one of the few books that, despite the historian's presence alongside statesmen and the intention to write their history, and unlike the general historians present in the government court, has also addressed important social issues alongside political and governmental matters.
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