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Yezdi's Persian Zafarnamah Vol. II

About Book - Zafarnamah, Habib-us-Siyar and Rauzat-us-Safa are three reliable Persian sources on Amir Timur Sahib-i-Qaran and his successors, who ruled in Central Asia from the later half of the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. The present book is mostly a summarised and the rest a literal English translation from Persian of Zafarnamah, written by Molana Sharf-ud-din 'Ali Yezdi, dealing with the life and achievements of Amir Timur Sahib-i-Qaran for the period 1397 to 1415 AD. In addition it includes a profile of the translator and a list of the drought related famines, which occurred in India during the Medieval and Modern periods.
Amir Timur Sahib-i-Qaran was not devoid of sterling qualities and personal bravery, ample manifestations of which are interwoven in the fabric of his saga. Once the imperialist in him was satiated, he was not blind to the necessity of an efficient civil, revenue and military administration, establishment of a fair and equitable justice, safe highways, undebased currency, and brisk and profitable trade and commerce, for all of which he took remarkable steps and exerted personal attention and vigilance. The massive and marvellous architectural edifices, some adorned with marble and tiles, and systematically laid down verdant gardens of Central Asia are still popping up in its landscape to tell their own story of the refined tastes of its builders, Promotion of learning, knowledge and various sciences and arts and crafts are added dimensions to the positive and commendable contributions of Amir Timur Sahib-i-Qaran and his Successors in Central Asia in their times.

 

About Author - Dr Hamid Afaq Qureshi (b 1945) is a Shaikh Siddiqi of Bijnor (U.P.). He had lineal acquisition of Arabic, Persian & Urdu and studied Science till the University level and joined a scientific organisation in 1965, from where he retired as a Gazetted Officer in 2005. During the period of his service, he Graduated from the Delhi University with Art side and Postgraduated in History and Political Science from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He earned his PhD in History from the Lucknow University. He is a well known historian and an independent author of The Flickers of an Independent Nawabi : Wazir Ali Khan of Avadh (2 Vols.); The Mughals, the English and the Rulers of Awadh : A Kaleidoscopic Study; Sources on Awadh; Memoirs of Faizabad (Ed), including Histories of Kakori & Bijnor; Deccan & Awadh : Essays & Translations; Sufis : Classics : I. Salar Mas'ud, Tohfatus Sa'd, Fawaid-i-Sa'diyah, Malfoozat Shah Maina and Behr-i-Zakhkhar, II. Mirat-i-Mas'udi; Central Asia in Fifteenth Century and Central Asia in Early Sixteenth Century (Habib-us-Siyar); 1857 : Classics : I.Khadang-i-Ghadar & Naunaga, II. Qaisar-ut-Tawarikh, III The Mutiny Records : Awadh and Lucknow; Naqsh-i-Sulaiman - A Rare book on Rohillas; Sultans & Mughals - New Sources; Abdul Hameed Lahori's Padshahnamah, Iqbal (1873-1938) : The Poet and his message; and Mehdi Astarabadi's Persian Tarikh-i-Jahan Kusha,i Nadiri being an interaction among Afghans, Turkish and other tribes, Emperor Muhammad Shah and Nadir Shah Qarqalu (1688-1747 AD) of Iran.

 

ISBN : 978-81-80685-72-4
Price : INR 850/-