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Firishtah

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Also called:
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindūshāh
Born:
c. 1570
Died:
c. 1620

Firishtah (born c. 1570—died c. 1620) was one of Muslim India’s most famous writers. Very little is known about Firishtah’s life except that he was captain of the guard to Murtazā Niẓām Shāh, Muslim Indian ruler of Ahmadnagar (1565–88). It was during this period that Firishtah conceived his history of Indo-Muslim rulers and saints, which he wrote under the patronage of Ibrāhīm II, ʿĀdil Shāh, ruler of Bijāpur, in the Deccan (1579–1626), whose service he entered in 1589. Written in Persian, this history is called Golshan-e Ebrāhīmī (“The Garden of Ibrāhīm”; Eng. trans., Mahomedan Power in India). It is also ...(100 of 259 words)

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