Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian[1] born in the region of Ghur.[2]
Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani
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| Born | 1193 |
| Died | after 1266 |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Employer(s) | Ghurid dynasty Mamluk Sultanate |
In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi.[3] The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India,[4] Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well.[5] He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi.[6] He died after 1266.
Minhaj Siraj Juzjani, historian of the Ghorid court, speaks of other celebrated and powerful personalities of the Suris who were the ancestors of the kings of Ghor.
