Al Biruni’s Tarikh-ul-Hind

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Al Biruni’s Tarikh-ul-Hind
•Al Biruni was a prominent Muslim ideologist and one of the greatest intellectuals of the 11th Century. He was a theologian, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, etc.
•He accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni on his expedition to India. Besides, he travelled the land, studied the Sanskrit language, religion, and philosophy of Indians. 
•He even translated two Sanskrit works into Arabic.
•He wrote the classics account of the country and its people in Arabic, entitled “Tarikh-ul-Hind” (An Enquiry into India), which was later translated into Persian.
•It dealt with the affairs of India when Sultan Mahmud Invaded to India.
•This work serves as an important source of information on the socio-religious condition of India during the time of Mahmud of Ghazni.

For  full text 
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/cul/texts/ldpd_5949073_002/ldpd_5949073_002.pdf

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Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi

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Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi • Barani is the greatest of all the contemporary historians of early medieval India, was an exact contemporary of Ghiyasudheen Tughlaq . • In fact, Barani was famous as the elites of the Delhi Sultanate. • His work, Tarikh-i-Firoze Shahi preserves the history of the Delhi Sultanate for one full Century (from the 1250s-1350s). • Work started  with Balban and came down to the 6 th year of the reign of Firoz Sha . • The work was completed  in 1359 AD and thus was the most important work on the Khalji period, the reign of Muhammed and a part of  Firoz Sha Tughlaq . • The chief merit of the book is that, as the author held an important post in the revenue department, he was fully acquainted with revenue administration, which he has been described in details. • Although Barani   knew the duties and responsibilities of a historian, he was not free from prejudice. • As a member of the court, no doubt this work is considered to be a first ra
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