A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIA VOL.5

1970·135.4 MB·English

by  KHALIQ, AHMED NIZAMI

A
COMPREHENSIVE
HISTORY OF INDIA

IN TWELVE VOLUMES
Volume Five

The Delhi Sultanat
(a-p. 1206-1526)

A
COMPREHENSIVE
HISTORY OF INDIA

Volume Five

The Delhi Sultanat

(Ap. 1208-1598)

Edited by

MOHAMMAD HABIB
KHALIQ ARMAD N¥ZAMI

Published rinder the auspices of

THE INDTAN HISTORY CONGRESS

PEOPLE'S PUBLISHING HOUSE
PELAT, AMMRDABAD BOMBAY
August 1070 (P69)

PRINTED 2H INDTA

BED. P. Sinha at New Ago Printing Press, Rant Jhanst Road, New Delbi 55,
FOREWORD

Tne Poicanion Comsurn: and the Editorial Board of the
Comprehensive History of India project of the fudiau History
Congress have great pleasure in presenting the Fifth Vohime of che
bistory, second to be published in the series so far, The Indian History
Congress had decided at its Tahore Session in 1040 to prepare and
poblith a Comprehensive History of Iudta in twelve volumes based
om latest research to serve as a reference work for students of Indian
history. The work was planaed at the Aligarh Session in 1943 and a
Board of Editors appointed and contributors selected. Thanks to the
efforts of Dr Tara Chand, adequate fands were collected to finance
tho project.

R was hoped then that the volrmes will flow in quick succession
and the entire scheme will not fake more than ten years to complete.
‘And early success in preparing three or fvur volumes, whuse chapters
in.manuscript were received by us, strengthencd that hope. But many
circumstances prevented realisation of that expectation. The tragic
death of severul editors and contributors necessitated changes. Pole
tical conditions as a result of partition also created a situation not
congenial to scholarly pursuits: Nonetheless, one volume was seut
to the press in 1951 which took six years, again because of efrcum-
stances beyond our control, to be published.

The issue of ono volume had cneouraged the belief that other
volumes will not take much time to follow. But again thirteon years
have elapsed for the second volume to be published. As Secretary of
the Editorial Board, I owe au apology to the general public for this
inordinate delay which sometimes js incidental in @ enoperative work
of this nature. Chapters written many years before havé to be tevisgd
and rewritten to bring them in tune with the latest researches, atld
oditing is a long and tedious affair. The present volume bas taken five
years to odit. ~

1 s my grateful thanks to the joint Editors, Protessbes
M, Hattb and K. 8, Nizami, for the devotion and tadustty which
they have applied to ths work ina spit of dedication without which
its completion would have been well nigh impossible. I am thankful