THE EARLY HISTORY ISLAM

History of Islam (3 Vol Set) History stands as the most effective and valuable source of putting nations on the course of progress and prosperity and saving them from the path of disgrace and Degradation. It is the branch of knowledge that helps us to dig into the past. We Learn about the lives of great men and significant events. Muslims stand ahead of other people in that they have recorded and preserved their history meticulously. When western scholars were groping in the dark, Muslims delved into the past, investigated and probed and were devoted to knowledge and learning. ——— L History of the Rise of the Mohamedan Power in India ‘ By M. Ilasim Ferislrta, Tr. : Jalm Brig: Mahomed Kasim Shah Ferishta, a Persian historian was born at Astrabad on the borders of Caspian sea in I570 AD. He came to Bijapur in 1589 and spent remainder of his Iife under the immediate protection of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, who commissioned him to write the general history of the Mohamedan in India. Ferishta presented the first draft of his history to Ibrahim Adil shah in I606 AD and spent the rest of the Iife in revising it. In the introduction of his work he gave a summary of the history of India prior to the time of the Mohamedan Conquest, and also of the Arab conquest of the Indian Borderlands. Ferishta is reputed as one of the most trustworthy of oriental historians. His work has come to he regarded as a classic and still maintains a high place as an authority. The author, Ferishta is more divested to the feel of massacres of the defenseless Hindus than any other author of his own religious creed. Ferishta has brought more brightness to the general history of Mohamedan in lndia. lSBN:81-7435-500-7 HB (4 Vol.) Pages:1900 2006