Explain the importance of Literary sources for the Sultanate period
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Explanation:
There are many literary
sources which give us a detailed account of the Sultanate Period. They are
primarily in Persian and Arabic. They can be divided into two categories -
chronicles and travellers accounts. Some of them are:
A. Chronicles -
1. Tarikh ul Hind by Al Beruni
2. The Khaza in ul Fatuh
by Amir Khusrao. He tells about the achievements of his patron, Ala-ud-din
Khalji.
3. Tarikh i Firvzshahil
by Zia ud Barani. He worked in the revenue department and has described revenue
matters in detail.
B. Travellers Accounts -
1. Marco Polo and his
Travels tells about various aspects of people's life and other events of
southern India in the 13th century.
2. Abdur Razzaq has left
a detailed account of the administrative, cultural, economic and political
conditions in the Vijayanagar empire.
3. Nicolo Conti was an
Italian traveller who came to India in 1520. He wrote about the customs and
manners of the people and the conditions of the period.
Besides this there are
some Indian Publications of the Medieval Period
1. Prithviraj Raso by
Chand Bardai tells about events related to Prithviraj Chauhan.
2. Surjana Charita Kavya
was written by Chandrasekhar. It gives information about the Chauhan rulers.
There are archaeological sources
like coins and monuments of the period which give us a comprehensive idea of
the history of this period. The sultans were great lovers of architecture. Some
of them are the Red Palace, Jamait Khan Masjid, city of Tughluqabad, Quwat ul
Islam and Qutb Minar.............................