Iqtidar Alam Khan s Latest Books on India s Medieval History Unearth Hidden Secrets
While Studies in Thought, Polity and Economy of Medieval India 1000-1500 covers themes on Delhi Sultanate era, Researches in Medieval Archaeology talks about various constructions carried during Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq era.
A painting of west gate of Firozabad fort, near Delhi. This fort was built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq in the 1350s, but destroyed by later dynasties. Photo: Wikipedia/Public domain.
History11/May/2021
Iqtidar Alam Khanâs first slim book, a biography of Humayunâs brother Mirza Kamran was published in 1964; his latest book, slightly bulkier than the first, has been published in early 2021 when he is nearing 90, with nearly a dozen authored and edited volumes in-between. Quite an emphatic comment on how prolific he has been in his distinguished career as a historian of medieval India! Add a very distinct quality of the huge range of themes and the empirical solidity