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Ziauddin Barani

Indian Muslim historian and political thinker (1285–1357)

Ziauddin Barani

Born

Ziauddin Barani


1285

Baran, Delhi Sultanate (modern-day Bulandshahr, India)

Died1357

Delhi Sultanate

NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Historian, Political Thinker
TitleNadim (Companion) of Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq
InfluencesSufi Mysticism
EraDelhi Sultanate
Notable worksTarikh-i-Firoz Shahi, Fatwa-i-Jahandari

Ziauddin Barani (Urdu: ضیاء الدین برنی‎; 1285–1358 CE) was an Indian[1][2][3] political thinker of the Delhi Sultanate located in present-day Northern India during Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Firuz Shah's reign.

He was best known for composing the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi (also called Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi), a work on medieval India, which covers the period from the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq to the first six years of the reign of Firoz Shah Tughluq; and the Fatwa-i-Jahandari Ziauddin Barani - Wikipedia LEDA