Riyaz-us-Salatin ( fa, ) is the first British-era historic book on the
Muslim rule in Bengal that was published in Bengal in 1788. It was written by
Ghulam Husain Salim Zaidpuri.
Content
The books starts with the arrival of
Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khilji
Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bakhtiyār Khaljī, (Pashto :اختيار الدين محمد بختيار غلزۍ, fa, اختیارالدین محمد بختیار خلجی, bn, ইখতিয়ারউদ্দীন মুহম্মদ ...
, a Turko-Afghan general from Southern Afghanistan, who brought Muslim rule to Bengal. The books ends with the
Battle of Plassey
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757, under the leadership of Robert Clive. The victory was made possible by the defection of Mir Jafar, ...
and the defeat of the Muslims Nawabs of Bengal by the British which ended the Muslim rule in Bengal. There were some inaccuracies with the
Bengal Subah
The Bengal Subah ( bn, সুবাহ বাংলা; fa, ), also referred to as Mughal Bengal ( bn, মোগল বাংলা), was the largest subdivision of the Mughal Empire (and later an independent state under the Nawabs of Ben ...
under the
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...
and the historic rule of
Shaista Khan
Mirza Abu Talib (22 November 1600 – 1694), better known as Shaista Khan, was a general and the subahdar of Mughal Bengal. A maternal uncle to the emperor Aurangzeb, he acted as a key figure during his reign. Shaista Khan initially governed ...
.
References
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External links
Translation in English DJVU file in Commons
1788 non-fiction books
History books about Bangladesh
18th-century history books
Bengal Presidency