{"product_id":"the-history-of-india-as-told-by-its-own-historians-the-muhammadan-period-volume-1-cambridge-library-collection-perspectives-from-the-royal-asiatic-society-9781108055833","title":"The History of India as Told by Its Own Historians The Muhammadan Period Volume 1 Cambridge Library Collection  Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820â81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808â53). Before his death, hoping to bolster British colonial ideology, Elliot had intended to evaluate scores of Arabic and Persian historians of India, believing that his translations would demonstrate the violence of the Muslim rulers and 'make our native subjects more sensible of the immense advantages accruing to them under the mildness and the equity of our rule'. Volume 1 contains introductory material and Elliot's original preface; early Arab geographers' chronicles, including Ibn Khordadbeh's ninth-century Book of Roads and Kingdoms and tenth-century works by Estakhri and Ibn Hawqal; histories of Sindh, including the Chach Nama; and extensive appendices giving further contextual information and ethnographic notes on India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreliminary note; Editor's preface; Original preface; Notice of Sir Henry M. Elliot; Part I. Early Arab Geographers: 1. The merchant Sulaiman and Abu Zaid; 2. Ibn Khurdadba; 3. A Masudi; 4. Al Istakhri; 5. Ibn Haukal; 6. Suru-l Buldan; 7. Rashidu-d Din, from Al Biruni; 8. Al Idrisi; 9. Al Kazwini; Part II. Historians of Sind: 1. Mujmalu-t Tawarikh; 2. Futuhu-l Buldan; 3. Chach-nama; 4. Tarikhu-s Sind; 5. Tarikh-i Tahiri; 6. Beg-Lar-nama; 7. Tarkhan-nama or Arghun-nama; 8. Tuhfatu-l Kiram; Appendix A. Geographical; Appendix B. Historical; Appendix C. Ethnological; Appendix D. Miscellaneous.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769045582167,"sku":"9781108055833","price":41.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-history-of-india-as-told-by-its-own-historians-the-muhammadan-period-volume-1-cambridge-library-collection-perspectives-from-the-royal-asiatic-society-9781108055833","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}