Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Muqīm Haravī

Historian

Ḫwājah Niẓām al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Muqīm Haravī achieved prominence during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. In 993/1585 he was appointed baḫšī (paymaster) of Gujarāt and in 1001/1593 he became baḫšī of the entire empire. Niẓām al-Dīn’s fame, however, rests entirely upon his much celebrated history of India, Tabaqāt-i Akbarī, sometimes referred to as Tabaqāt-i Akbaršāhī or Tārīḫ-i Niẓāmī.