Question

17. which of the following were historians during Delhi sultanate period

i) Amir Khusrau

ii) Ziauddin Barani

iii) Isami

iv) Ibn-Battuta

Identify the correct statement/s

• A. a) 1 and 2 only
• B. b) 1, 2 and 3 only
• C. c) 2 and 4 only
• D. d) All the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D d) All the above

Ans 17.D

Explanation: Khusrau composed five historical masnavis (poems) in each of which historical events are described (in verse).

Zia-ud-din [Ziauddin] Barani (1285–1357) was a Muslim political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate located in present-day North India during Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah's reign. He was best known for composing the Tarikh-i-FiruzShahi, a work on medieval India,

The Futuh-us Salatin of Isami is a versified history of the Muslim rulers of India. It begins with the account of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna's reign (999-1030 ad) and comes to a close with that of the foundation of the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan by Alauddin Bahaman Shah, a rebel against Sultan Muhammad Tughluq, in 1350