The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians: The Muhammadan Period

ISBN-13: 9781108055840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 598 str.

Henry Miers Elliot;John Dowson

Opis

This extensive eight-volume work was first published between 1867 and 1877 by the linguist John Dowson (1820 81) from the manuscripts of the colonial administrator and scholar Sir Henry Miers Elliot (1808 53). 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 2 begins with accounts of the earliest inroads of the Ghaznivid conquerors, tracing the rise to power of the Muslims in India. It includes History of the World Conqueror by Ata-Malik Jovayni (1226 83), one of the main sources on the rapid sweep of Genghis Khan's armies through Asia. The volume closes in 1257 during the reign of Nasir-ud-din Mahmud (1246 66)."