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Firishta | |
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| Born | Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi c. 1570[1] |
| Died | 1611–1623 |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, poet, novelist |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Medieval Islamic period |
| Main interests | Indo-Muslim history, Deccan history |
| Notable works | Tārīkh-i Firishta (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) |
Firishta or Ferešte (Persian: فرشته), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi[1][a] (Persian: محمدقاسم هندوشاہ استرابادی), was a Persian[2] historian, who later settled in India and served the Deccan Sultans as their court historian. He was born in 1570[3] and died between 1611[4] and 1623.[5][1]
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- ^ Minorsky, V. (1955). "The Qara-qoyunlu and the Qutb-shāhs (Turkmenica, 10)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 17 (1): 52. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00106342. JSTOR 609169. S2CID 162273460.
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- ^ "Medieval Period". Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ Overton, Keelan (2016). "Book Culture, Royal Libraries, and Persianate Painting in Bijapur, circa 1580‒1630". Muqarnas. 33: 94. JSTOR 26551683.
- ^ Eaton, Richard M. (1978). The Sufis of Bijapur, 1300-1700. Princeton University Press. p. 98. ISBN 9781400868155.
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