Bāsiṭ

Historian, known for the work Tārīḫ-i mamālik-i Hind, (1191/1777)

fl. ca. 1196/1781–2

Bāsiṭ, Ğulām

Historian

Ğulām Bāsiṭ served as munšī (secretary) to General Giles Stibbert, the Commander in Chief of the Bengal Army from 1191/1777 to 1193/1779 and 1198/1783 to 1200/1785. Ğulām Bāsiṭ is entirely known for the work Tārīḫ-i mamālik-i Hind, also referred to as Tārīḫ-i Bāsiṭ, composed in 1196/1781–2. Tārīḫ-i mamālik-i Hind is a short history of what is now present-day India and its rulers, extending to 1196/1781–2.

Works by this Author

Tārīḫ-i mamālik-i Hind

The History of the Lands of Hindūstān

Anthologized in

Tārīḫ-i mamālik-i Hind — in History of India, as Told by its own Historians: The Muhammadan Period

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