Indo-Persian Historian and Sindho-Persian Intermediary: the Tarikh-i Ma sumi of Mir Muhammad Ma sum Bhakkari (d. 1606)

Indo-Persian Historian and Sindho-Persian Intermediary: the Tarikh-i Ma sumi of Mir Muhammad Ma sum Bhakkari (d. 1606)

Author: 
Anooshahr, Ali
Publisher: 
Cambridge University Press
Date published: 
2019
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Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African studies
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Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 82, N0. 2, February 2019 pp. 245-269
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Studies of Indo-Persian historiography tend to focus on the monumental compositions created at the behest of the Mughal court. This has unfortunately led to the neglect of texts from "regional" settings. The present article intends to expand the field of inquiry by studying Mir Muhammad Ma sum's Tarikh-i Ma sumi (completed c. 1600) which was the first Mughal-era Persian history of Sindh. I will argue that the author used the new the literary models developed by Mughal chroniclers in order to both facilitate and contest imperial domination.

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CITATION: Anooshahr, Ali. Indo-Persian Historian and Sindho-Persian Intermediary: the Tarikh-i Ma sumi of Mir Muhammad Ma sum Bhakkari (d. 1606) . : Cambridge University Press , 2019. Bulletin of the school of Oriental and African Studies, Vol. 82, N0. 2, February 2019 pp. 245-269 - Available at: https://library.au.int/indo-persian-historian-and-sindho-persian-intermediary-tarikh-i-ma-sumi-mir-muhammad-ma-sum-bhakkari