Author: Roy, Nirodbhusan [Roy, Nirod Bhusan] [Nimat Allah fl. 1613-1630] [Niamatullah]
Title: Niamatullah's History of the Afghans. Part I: Lodi Period. Translated with Variorum Notes
Description: Santiniketan [West Bengal], Santiniketan Press, (1958). orig.wrappers. 24x16cm,, (55),211 pp.. 1 facsimile plate; map.. Rubbed. Corners bumped. Some cover soil. Good. ¶ All published?. Variant title: "Tarikh i Khan Jahani u Makhzan i Afghani". An abridged translation of Makhzan i Afghani, an abridgment or adaptation of Tarikh i Khan Jahani by an unknown compiler who has incorporated in daftar II, on the Suris, material from Abbas Sarwani's Tuhfah i Akbar Shahi Tarikh i Sher Shahi in the enlarged and revised edition of Ibrahim Batani. Contents: Afghan Origins; Early Afghan History; Bahlol Lodi's Reign; Early Career of Bahlol Lodi; Reign of Bahlol Lodi; Lodi-Sharqi War; Sultan Sikandar Lodi's Reign 1 489-1517; Pacification of the Kingdom; Operation Against the Baghelas; Operation Against the Tomaras; Sikandar's Character & Attainments; Sultan Ibrahim's Reign 1517-36; Sketch of the Reign of Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan Ibrahim Opposed by a Faction of the Nobility; Unrest & Opposition of the Afghan Nobles; Babur's Arrival in India; Panipat Campaign, Appendices: The Baghela Kingdom of Bhata; The First Battle of Panipat; A Note on Kabir's Relation with Sultan Sikandar.

Keywords: Medieval India, Afghans, Delhi Sultanate, Political History, Bahlol Lodi, Historiography, Afghan Chronicles, Persian Literature, Historical Literary, Afghanistan