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 5 charts the end...

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 8 addresses...

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 6 covers the death...

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...

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 7 covers the...

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 4 covers the death...

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 1 contains...

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 3 covers the...