Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani

Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian^[1] born in the region of Ghur.^[2]

Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani
Born	1193 Ghur, Ghurid dynasty
Died	after 1266 Mamluk India
Occupation	Historian
Employer(s)	Ghurid dynasty Mamluk Sultanate

In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi.^[3] The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India,^[4] Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well.^[5] He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi.^[6] He died after 1266.

Minhaj used to work as a spiritual guru in the army of Siraj's father Muhammad Ghori

See also

• Muslim chronicles for Indian history

References

1. James P. Delgado, Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada, (University of California Press, 2008), p.38.
2. Bosworth 2000.
3. C.E. Bosworth, The Later Ghaznavids, (Columbia University Press, 1977), 112.
4. Shafique N. Virani, The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation, (Oxford University Press, 2007), 23;"Minhaj-i-Siraj Juzjani, the foremost historian of the Delhi Sultanate, wrote his "Nasirid Generations"(Tabaqat-i Nasiri)...."
5. "SURIS OF GHOR AND THE SHINASP FAMILY". Abdul Hai Habibi. alamahabibi.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2012. Minhaj Siraj Juzjani, historian of the Ghorid court, speaks of other celebrated and powerful personalities of the Suris who were the ancestors of the kings of Ghor.
6. Indian Historical Writing c.600-c.1400, Duad Ali, The Oxford History of Historical Writing: Volume 2: 400-1400, (Oxford University Press, 2012), 94.

Sources

• Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2000). "Menhāj-e Serāj". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Online Edition. Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Further reading

• Rasikh, Jawan Shir (2020). "The many lives of a medieval Muslim scholar: An introduction to the life and times of Minhaj Siraj al-Din Juzjani, 1193–1260 CE". Afghanistan. 3 (2): 111–134. doi:10.3366/afg.2020.0053. S2CID 226344817.

External links

• Tabaqat-i-Nasiri at Banglapedia
• Tabaqat-i Nasiri at Encyclopædia Iranica