SOURCES OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY OF INDIA : 1192-1739 A.D. AN ANNOTATED & SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY A DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award of the Degree of MASTER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE 1976-77 By SHAMSHAD KHAN DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY SCIENCE ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY ALIGARH Roll No. 1 Enrolment No. G-5676 ^^., ^^' '*^'*««»M*-»«-^ DS1029 TAJ FAHAI, A(1R4 DRSAM IN FARBIE VEDXQhTBD TO ftr fatlMr and iioiiiQr nho sacrii'ic a ttiair worldXy hxmcijem and sent me £rom tha remote vlllag« in getting the training o£ the pro2aaeie» and w&f3m tm litj^ratie* •a» oaapil&: eaqsresses hi* dosp sQiwe of ^^ratltuao to Mr* Atnugaffar lQiaii« Xiaotusrar* Dapartmont o£ XJLIarary soienoof Allgash Hiislifli unkvoxaltat* AXXgajch for hi4i eronstant guidance and ataaie encKwirac^Nin^t In preparing thio dissertation and aQe[|pdU.ation o£ the b>iba.ioyraptiy» Z aa ajlao ind^otaA to Fxo£* H»K* RaBVl« Head of l^tie Itlbrary seionoe Departciestt aaa UUbrarian* Aligasli Htislim univarsity^ Alig^q^ £or his iciod penaission in consulting «ho VQiuable liateiriea. in ttm Manusaript Section o£ the Mauiana Assad hiimory, AligaKh H^Alim oniversitar* the asdistande o£ tlyo Itibrarianv e£ Qentro &£ AdvanoQd studies* Dopar^nKit oi fiistocy* Aligach nusUiii univarsity* mtional Ardtiives 9i toAiM, Nair Delhi* Agoi^ieolegicBa. survey o£ Zndis* Haw Delhi and Indian aaunc3ii of KLstorioal Eteseacch# nm Dsihi is also aoknoidedgad* ietmimAmd Khan) To Janau acQrthJLbg tiiaraaginXy, nothing acKsossii^Ie mmt be six Qtliv^^ Lodgo COMTEHTS Pages 'Om TsJ rialtal at />gra « Oroam In taarisle PART X CHAPISR X immoDijcTion 1 uefinitlcm a£ history 1 2 origin and develo^xnant 1 3 V^Xuo atid U0oe 4 4 CoiK^pts 5 5 AlmD ana obJcxstiiKMi 6 CHAP^R 2 DEVSI*0i^f5lir OP msTORJf IN ZIOZA SINCE HDmVhli TSME X I49diai^ period 7 2 British period 8 3 Af tor Zna€|pdndcKioe 8 4 Period ooverod in Bibliagra|)l^ 10 5 Sources o£ Hadlsval zndian histcnry 11 6 2&iparts.nt events o£ the period li CHAPTER 3 SOUI^CiaS OF HZSIQRY ]. KintSs 17 2 i^thoc^ Q£ findiiio 18 3 Oct}anis5ation of aateriol 19 4 ATTcingemf^it 20 PART 2 CHAPTSR % SOW^ULB OF OjASSirZC^^TZOll 23 CmPTBR 3 CLASS ZFZI2D htmcmKTm BZBLioc»Apinr 2S CH;\rZ£R 3 Z Author Z06 2 subjoot 112 3 litlft 114 CHAPTER 4 ZLLIK^IKATZOI® 1 iiortlMam zndla In 1206 A.iJ,«•=*»« 52 2 Zndia durlngAlaMiiS'-Oiii Khalji'a r^eign " 73 3 BabQr*8 €a«ilre ** 89 4 Znaia during Alcbar Um Great " 93 5 Mughal oivlre at the aid o£ 17th oentury " i<U. 1 /vlt29Br*s tORib/ Sikanaara^ Agra " 69 2 Qutb Mltkar« Delhi " 72 3 Qi,imn-'U4AmB, Rod Fart, £»lhi •• 84 4 Bulana Darwaza, rat^vur SiJcrl" 8S 5 f^nghal iQliilature {laintliig of Doval R«inl idiiar Khan * 87 2 11 T R O D U C T I O M % Definition of Iliatorys Iho %«>ra •history* h£ia laB©n dearivad from tho Greek %^or«3 *hlstori.a' vvtildU mpaixj 'tio Jcnaur* <w »!» loarn toy Incfulry'. AXX©8 ftevios in his tooc^ 'csateway to hlsto«y» defined tli© taina •history ao an/ IntagrafcecJ uarratlne car d©sqarlpt,ion oi: peat events or facts vxitton in a £i>irit &i caritioai i»iuiiry for th© <&fhol.@ truth* h nsiiispaper xm^Jitxct of oiicar€«it evonts* dc^ite in a c»3ngr@^3 or parlianient or a di„4oraatlx: ©sschang^ i@ not history beoaissQ it can not Im weixt&a as an @n.|Uixy into the uhole truth. Even a careful historical aovt@I %)hic^ holds nmti^ hootorical values is not liiotory becai^pa it is not pr<«,i{iiarily an erxiuiry into pant truth at; aH l3ut rather an artistic use o£ imagination to entertain the reader, Hmo hiatory is not neroly a rooord of yfkmt is knoim or balie^^ad to h^v© ooourred, zt is conocsct^jd to Qsmmixm, analyse and eacplaiji past e^^nts, particulorly in hunmn affairs and^ in the %Kxr^ of R»G. Collin^j\jood«*to iell iaan« wi^t man is \3^ tallijng him i^^iat man has d<me* • 2, (Origin of iHotory am its ci0V3lQ|X!i9iita i iULtlKM»jh tho aroelQs %«©r@ not the first to chronicle human @v@nt hist thoy viore tho first to apply critlcisiv ao it ia with tha GrooJts of Sth contUEy B«c* that histoey prop^ar heginp* iti^ deVijlqpcid a roasonod approach to th@ past# ooralained with an ability to anuly^Q th3 otiuees^ e^camine tha faots and from tha co£RiIt build up an account of past oventa. Harodotiia ia called 2 tbm *iatai@r of hi^ntexy* Jin tlis a@»3@ ttiat; hl.0 is tl^ first surviving i»rk hairing a purpos® (ttenmgh noft th© raathoa)* IS10 historic^ vaXiiS o£' hiji ttfOEle dcpeoaa <MI the quality o£ his infocmation and hem ho iis^a it. To the <ar©c^cs# history h^ a a@£iciit:a -mXim as it l&d to tlie ioematiem cNi right q^tiion %]tilMi i© as aoe^soxy &B aci@iiti£ic! Imou'loa^ci, ih€rsr# hoft«©v@r« (SU)^ not a^vaLoi)© my ooncseption €»£ an ultimate goal o£ h xaan aocsiat^ in ^tilcm timm $M ocNrttinuai change* v^th nm rise of Ohristianitjr* histozir csmm to he at^en a@ a sariee o£ @v@nt& con^Mttlofiod b^ dcsvlna int@nientlcm ani revsoiation i^iioh cool^ ultin^tfily' c|Ui^ raanieina to a d@£init@ and dosirabie gool* Mitid the fMoaiasanoeif th@re wm a rot^jm to the hueministic vic^ of history* i^ain ttue historian© began to sttiK^ and intecprat luiman ootioiw* Hietory again te^saraa ooncsornaa with mat^riai v&XQtm» art of politics am prtiotiaai ii£o» iteohiavaXXi o@t idmoeii to imaorstanS hunian actions, to atuf^ politisal hiotoary ^IS to ea^^eJUa to Ztaiiane ^IQT thii^@ ha^ h^^i^nad as thoy aia* 'Qm diaoonveey o£ Amarioa an^ the £ost9Uiiition of t^ie haaia princsisaet^ oi eagperiraental aoientfie aetiiad p2.ay@d significant parts in enooiica^ing an intorost ia hiatory. whil© littlo ooitld he taloan for grantaa, beginnings of soi^noQ suggoetod maa oritlooi iiietdioas of c^pro^jc^iing the psst* Moa^m ac^iolars hoid the view that history is both a science and an art^ nitiiis th@ diaoovQcy of historioaJL faats shoid.d ba @ci0ntifi^ in ia@tho(3# idm «a«)Ositioii of thsei for the readsr ^Mtiid partoJce of tho nature of art *t^ art of written \K«^, CQciiioniy calXad Xitarattice** Ttm yeXUB of history is 3 ai30ve QXX Intrlnalo. zaiee every other art it la o£ value for itself ^Xone* 1!I»3 proof of this ia the joy vAiich m^i have had in the tolXing and hearii^ of storios o£ th@ past from the vary oarlieet timas* Ever sinoo man has hEid a history he has delighted in history* svon today the (nain JU3tifiOc.tion for history is the intellectual ploaeure it affords to writer and reader elites* Unliloe man^ of ^le neuer eoienc3e@# history has long* oocMpied an iniportant |d.aioe in the realms of man's kncft^ledget and inquiry* hUo^ phil^ophy* history has been a parent disoi- pline from which (mmy s^^eoial fields of study hav<e sprung. Zn the present century it has heoarae still OOKB vast JUi e^ctemt and depth* ''Klotory oocm^ios a special positimi ainong the social scienoE^. mt only historical %iriting*.*—older th£m other social sciences laat it also has a distinguished pB|;rt as a focm of literature***!* History# the study of man and his «KHidsrful developramt throuf^ the suocesaiiie QQQB* oan he said to have originated with the man hinipelf • But it was Herodotus ixho gave us hi>^tory# scientific abstracts conoentrated^ shorn of n^/th or phantasy* Historical facte contAnied to toe written for aooo yaars* VMI RankP introduoed the soientlfio method in history in X9tli oentury* ISie sole objective of history beoamo teaohing hiatorical events in their rigid ohrcmologiaal sequsnoe without •1 Hoeelitz# B*F« ed* 'Readers guide to social Sciences* p*26* 4 dlscriraiiiat^ing one from ttia ottior* iiiotory ocxifirlaGd of only datA6# rise and taXX o£ ^Ripiros, soig^* ^^irs^ ootic|uest0# rebellions and ad[iilnl8txatJLon oE dominions. History was saia to be tbo root# polltcs as the £ruit and so politic^ ana hlstctty are liitGa>-connoctad» itms polltoal ana niilltai^ aapGcts a£ hlatocy %5»QrQ of.^;^tiaol£jod# AS an inpact of I4.xx# It lo argiiod that ecjoxnlc noed Is the s jclng o£ all social <x>nauct# it also coniltlono the poiitcal atid cultural 11£@ o£ the com lunlty. Beneath p^jlltlxss are the tacuce oaslo chan jes In th^ econc^SfSf and society tdhlch are inxlicBnoed i:qf. geogira^ahy and nature* To grasp these gradual ctiangoo in the ©nvlronraont in tidiloh pooplo live, to disoem the thoughts and actions o£ men and woman and their social and econoi^c context is to yo oorao wsy tot^ards co(!|:}r>oh*- ending the liititory <£. the ycxjple* 3« Value and uses o£ Historyt ihere is a genoral ^xilief in the political val\ta o£ history* Menarchei in th^ 16th century insisted that their sons shoold stuc^ hifstory £or practical purposes* Hie old ijelief that hiutory repoats itself has const€Uitly persua^ted statesmen to seeK percepts £or pceaant politics in past history^ study ftic alu history is valuable to the stateriian and to politically c<Misciou8 citizen* Histcarical training is o£ten useful to a career as JcKimalist, economist* diplomat* adniiniotrator^ social wozlQer or civil servant* Zt is often urtied th t some knobl-anlge of history is useful to the soientint also booav^evio acionoo is statiCi) 00 to uaaderotand It for what it is« it is nooeesary to Icnoif hm it bocanie x^iat it i0* 5 4» QoiXisptQ o^ Hl£3tocyt Hba raodorn concsQpt of Moteiry has thP fdioR^lng dharactsor- 1.