The following are the names of the more famed Muhammadan and Hindu authors of works relating to India. The mere names of the European writers would fill a voluminous catalogue :— a. Muhammadan authors, chiefly in Arabic, Persian,' and Abbas Khan, son of Shaikh Ali Sarwani, author of the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi, written by order of the emperor Akbar.
Abdullah, author of the Tarikh-i-Daudi, A.D. 1575. Abdullah, styled JVassaf, son of Fad Ullah, author of Tazjiyat-ul-Amsar-wa-Tnjriyat-ul-Asar, A.D. 1312. Abu Abdullah Muhammad, styled Al /drisi author of the Nuzhat-ul-Mushtak-fi-Ikhtirak-ul-Afak.
Abu Is'haq, Al Istakhri, author of Kitab-ul-Akalim, A.D. 951.
.bu-l-Fazl, Miami, author of the Akbar-Narnalt, was one of the sons of Shaikh Mubarak, the moat learned man of his time. Abu-l-Fazl and his elder brother, Shaikh Abu-l-Faiz, surnamed Faizi, were tho intimate friends of their sovereign Akbar. Abu-l-Fazl's escort was treacherously waylaid and its leader slain.
Abu-l-Fazbbin-al-Hasan al Baihaka, author of Tarikhu s-Sabaktagin, died A.D. 1077. It is also known as Tarikh-i-Bailuiki.
Abu-l-Hasan Abi, styled Al died Ad). 956. He was a native of Baghdad, a great traveller, acute observer, and able writer. Ho wandered to Morocco and Spain on the west, and eastwards to China, through all the Muhammadan and many other countries, and he wrote his travels, which he styled Muruj-u-Zaltab, or meadows of gold.
Abu-l-Kasim Ubaid-ullah-bin Abdullah-bin Khurdadba, died A.D. 912.
Abu Naar Muhammad ibn Muhammad-al-Jabbar-ul Utbi, author of the Tarikh Yarnini, about A.D. 1030.
Abu Rihan Muhammad - bin - Ahmad al Biruni al Khwarizmi, author of Tarikh-ul-Hind, born about A.D. 970-71. He was an astronomer, geometrician, historian, and logician, died A.D. 1039.
Abu Umar Minhaj-ud-Din, Usman-ibn-Siraj-ud-Din al Juzjani, about A.D. 1227-1247, author of the Tabakat-i-Nasiri.
Abu Zaid-ul-Hasan, of Siraf, A.D. 916.
Ahmad Yadgar, author of the Tarikh-i-Salatin-i Afaghana, about A.H. 1020.
Ahmad-ibn-Yahya-ibn-Jabir, al Biladuri, author of Fatah-ul-Baldan, died A.D. 892. Ho was also surnamed Abu Jafar and Abu-I-Hagan.
Ala-ud-Din Malik, son of Baha-ud-Din Muhammad Juwaini, author of the Tarikh-i-Jahan Kusha, died A.D. 1253.
Ali Sher Kani, A.D. 1767-78, author of Tuhfat-ul Kiram.
Bakhtawar Khan, author of the Mimt-i-Alam and Mirat-i-Jahan Numa.
Beg-lar Nama, written about A.D. 1625 by a dependent of Shah Kasim Khan, son of Amir Saiyid Kasim Beg-lar.
Fakhr-ud-Din, Binakiti, A.D. 1317, author of the Tarikh-i-Binakiti, an abridgment of the Jami-ut Tawarikh of Rashid-ud-Din.
Fazl Ullah Rashid, styled Rashid-ud-Din, author of Jami-ut-Tawankh, A.D. 1310.
3hiyas-ud-Din Muhammad-bin-Humam-ud-Din, styled Khondamir, was a son of Mir Khond, of whose book he wroto an abridgment which he called the Khulasat-ul-Akhbar. He was born at Herat about. A.D. 1475. He also wrote the Dastur-ul Wazra and the Habib-us-Siyar.
iaidar Mirza Doghlat, cousin of Baber, was the author of the Tarikh-i-Rashidi.
Elamd Ulla-bin-Abu Bakr-bin-Hamd-bin-Nasr, Mustaufi, Kazwini, A.D. 1329, author of the Tarikh-i-Guzida. Litman Nizami, author of Taj-ul-Maasir, about A.D.
1205.
'bn Batuta, a native of Tangiers, travelled over the greater part of Asia, visited India in the reign of Muhammad Taghalaq.
brahim-bin-Harin, author of the Tarikh-i-Humayuni, which was dedicated to Sultan Baber, A.D. 1528. It is an abridged history of India.
fahangir. His autobiography has several amongst them Jahangir Narna,Tarikh-i-Salim Shalii,Tuzakh i-Jahangiri, and 1Valriat-i-Jahangiri. A continua tion of it was written by Muhammad Hadi, called the Tatimma-i - Wakiat - i - Jahangiri. Mutamad Khan, called also Muhammad Sharif, wrote the Ikbal Nama-i-Jahangiri, and Kamgar Khan wrote the Maasir-i-Jahangiri.
fauhar, Aftabchi, or Ewer-bearer of Humayun, author of the Tazkirat-ul-Wakiat, private Memoirs of Hnmayun.
Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur.11azzak-bin Jalal-ud-Din Ishak us-Samarkandi, the author of the Matta-us-Sadain wa-Majma.ul-Bahrain. Ho was born at Herat, 6th November 1413.
nazi Ahmad-bin -Muhammad-al-Ghaffari al-Kazwini, author of tho Nusakh-i-Jahan Ara, a useful com pendium. lie was a Persian who went to Mecca and died at Dewal, in Sind, A.D. 1567.
Khushhal Chand, author of the Tarikh-i-Nadir-us Zamani. He was in the service of the emperors Aurangzeb, Bahadur Shah, and Muhammad Shah.