Rustam ʿAlī Šāhābādī

Historian, known for his work Tārīḫ-i Hindī, (1154/1741)

fl. ca. 1154/1741–2

Historian

Rustam ʿAlī Šāhābādī is mostly known for his work Tārīḫ-i Hindī, completed ca. 1154/1741–2. Tārīḫ-i Hindī is a general history of what is now India divided into ten sections and extending to ca. 1154/1741–2. The work devotes much space to the rule of Muḥammad Šāh and also provides some information on the šaykh’s and poets who were Rustam ʿAlī’s contemporaries.

Works by this Author

Ṭāhir-i Hindī

The History of Hindūstān

Anthologized in

Ṭāhir-i Hindī — in History of India, as Told by its own Historians: The Muhammadan Period

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