Q. Which of the following was/were the historian/s of “Delhi Sultanate” period?
1.Hasan Nizami
2.Minhaj-us-Siraj
3.Ziauddin Barani
Choose the correct answer from below given codes:

[A] 1 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 2 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3

Answer: D
Notes:

Explanation: The Delhi Sultans patronised learning and literature. Many of them had great love for Arabic and Persian literature.

  • The most famous historians of this period were Hasan Nizami, Minhaj-us-Siraj, Ziauddin Barani, and Shams Siraj Afif.
  • Barani’s Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi contains the history of Tughlaq dynasty.
  • Minhaj-us- Siraj wrote Tabaqat-i-Nasari, a general history of Muslim dynasties up to c.1260 CE.

Source: Poonam Dahiya

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