Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Ṣādiq Ḥusaynī Nīšābūrī Najafī Burhānpūrī

Historian

Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Ṣādiq Ḥusaynī Nīšābūrī Najafī Burhānpūrī was a historian under the patronage of the governor of Oudh during the reign of Muḥammad Šāh. Three of his works have survived: Burhān al-futūḥ, a general history extending to 1148/1735–6; Mīr’at al-ṣafā’, a general history from the rise of Tīmūr (see Tīmūr) to 1169/1756; and, Tārīḫ-i rāḥat-afzā, a work on the history of the Deccan. Muḥammad ʿAlī’s exact date of death is not known.