Niẓāmī

Historian, (602/1205)

fl. ca. 614/1217

Niẓāmī, Ḥasan, Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan

Historian

Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Niẓāmī left his birthplace of Nishāpur and traveled to Ğaznī and then to Delhi, where he was appointed as court historian to the Ğūrid Sultans. In 602/1205, Niẓāmī began the work which would bring him fame, Tāj al-maʾāir or āj al-maʾāir fi al-taʾrīḫ.

Works by this Author

Tāj al-ma'asir (=Tāj al-ma'asir fi al-ta'rih)

The Crown of Exploits [Elliot&Dowson, v. I(?), chapter V: PHI site]

Anthologized in

Tāj al-ma'asir (=Tāj al-ma'asir fi al-ta'rih) — in History of India, as Told by its own Historians: The Muhammadan Period

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