What historical sources tell us about the sultanate period?
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A kingdom under the Muslim ruler of Turkish - Afghan origin called Sultan.
Sources about the Delhi Sultanate
The inscriptions,coins and monuments like forts,mosques, tombs and temples provide ample information about the history of this period.In addition to these these are travellers accounts and court chronicles that provide information about events and lives of kings and ordinary peope.
The court chronicles mean 'tawarikh' or an account of historical events. The authors position and spent a lot of time at the court of a king. Ziauddin Barani wrote Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi. It starts with the accession of Balban and comes down to the early years of Firoz Tughluq. Minhaj-i-Siraj wrote the early history of Sultanate of Delhi.
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various court chronicles , the travellers account and historical buildings are the main source of information of the Delhi sultanate.