Amir Khusrau

Essays

Ever Heard of Jhain? This is what Jalal-ud-din Khalji did to it

Ever Heard of Jhain? This is what Jalal-ud-din Khalji did to it

This is the little-known story of a Jhain, a prosperous town in medieval Rajasthan, heartlessly obliterated by Jalal-ud-din Khalji. Now it is known as the Chhan village.

The Awful World of the Ulema and the Shocking Decadence of the Sufi Mashaikhs

The Awful World of the Ulema and the Shocking Decadence of the Sufi Mashaikhs

A brief gaze into the world of the medieval Muslim Ulema and the elite Sufi Mashaikhs offers us shocking but valuable information about the medieval Muslim history of India

The Qualifications of a Medieval Muslim Chronicler and the Nature of Muslim Histories

The Qualifications of a Medieval Muslim Chronicler and the Nature of Muslim Histories

An examination of the centrality of linear history in Islam and the qualifications that a medieval Muslim chronicler possessed