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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF INDIA
Turks and Afghans
EDITED BY
LT. COLONEL SIR WOLSELEY HAIG This volume deals generally with the history of India under Muhammadan rule from the time of the earliest invasions of
the Muslims to the overthrow of the Lodi dynasty on the field of Panipat and
the establishment of Babur the Timurid on the throne
of Delhi, and covers the period unfortunately described by that usually careful
scholar, the late Mr Edward Thomas, as that of the
"Pathan Kings" of Delhi. Of the five
dynasties which occupied the throne of Delhi during this period, from about
1200 to 1526, three were Turkish, or of Turkish descent; one claimed to be of
Arab blood, and one was Afghan, but probably not Pathan.
It is only in respect of Delhi, the historic capital of Muslim rule in India, that it has been found possible to adhere to the year
1526 as the termination of an epoch of that rule. In the case of other states,
both Muslim and Hindu, it has been found necessary to carry the local history
on, either to the termination of the state's independence or to a period at
which it may conveniently be relinquished. The history of the Hindu Kingdom of
Vijayanagar, for instance, is continued to 1565, the date of its overthrow by
the confederate Muslim Kingdoms of the Deccan; that of the Muslim Kingdoms of
Malwa, Gujarat, Bengal, and Kashmir to the dates of their annexation by Akbar,
and that of the independent Kingdoms of the Deccan to 1600, the date of the
capture of Ahmadnagar by Akbar's third son, Sultan Daniyal.
My best thanks are due to Sir John Marshall and Sir E. Denison Ross for
having kindly undertaken arduous work in connection with this volume in spite
of heavy official duties. I must also acknowledge the assistance of Mr G. E. Harvey, Mr S. Krishnaswami Ayyangar, Don
Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe,
and Mr W. E. C. Browne, who has prepared the index.
In conclusion, I desire to express my gratitude for the advice and assistance
which I have at all times received from Professor E. J. Rapson,
the editor of Volumes I and II of this history.
W. H.
THE ATHENAEUM
26 March 1928
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