Historian, (d. 256)
d. 1073/1662
Historian and Scholar
Nūr al-Ḥaqq “Mašriqī” Dihlavī was the son of the renowned scholar and historian ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq “Ḥaqqī” Dihlavī Buḫārī (see ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq "Ḥaqqī" Dihlavī Buḫārī). Nūr al-Ḥaqq was a religious teacher, just as his father had been, and was appointed as a judge at Āgra by Šāh Jahān. He wrote on both scholarly and historical topics, including two commentaries, in Persian, on the works of Bukhari (d. 256/869) and Muslim (d. 261/874), two great collectors of hadīth. He enlarged and extended his father’s Tārīḫ-i Ḥaqqī (=Ẕikr al-mulūk). He also composed poetry under the penname “Mašriqī.” Nūr al-Ḥaqq died in Delhi 1073/1662.