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Muntakhab al-tawārīkh

work by Badāʾūnī

Also known as: “Tārīkh-e Badāʾūnī”

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discussed in biography

In ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī
…important work, however, was the Muntakhab al-tawārīkh (“Selection from History”), often called Tārīkh-e Badāʾūnī (“Badāʾūnī’s History”), a history of Muslim India containing additional sections on Muslim religious figures, physicians, poets, and scholars. It aroused discussion because of its hostile remarks about Akbar and his religious practices and apparently was suppressed…
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