The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians is a book comprising translations of medieval Persian chronicles based on the work of Henry Miers Elliot. It was originally published as a set of eight volumes between 1867-1877 in London. The translations were in part overseen by Elliot, whose efforts were then extended and edited posthumously by John Dowson.
Maham Anga was the chief nurse of the Mughal emperor Akbar. A highly shrewd and ambitious woman, she was the political adviser of the teenage emperor and the de facto regent of the Mughal Empire from 1560 to 1562.
Vakhtang V, born Bakhuta Mukhranbatoni, was the King of Kartli from 1658 until his death, who ruled as a vassal wali for the Persian shah. He is also known under the name of Shah Nawaz, which he assumed on being obliged outwardly to conform to Islam.
Paigah is a family in the senior aristocracy of Hyderabad State, who were associated with ruling Nizam since its inception. and each maintained his own court, individual palaces, and a standing army of about fourteen thousand troops, both infantry and cavalry.
Rezā Qoli Khān Hedāyat was a Persian writer and poet, and tutor of Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar.
Malik Ambar was a Siddi military leader and prime minister of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate in the Deccan region of India.
Imdadullah Muhajir Makki was an Indian Muslim Sufi scholar of the Chishti Sufi order. His disciples include Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Ashraf Ali Thanwi. In the Indian Rebellion of 1857, he led the Muslims in Thana Bhawan to fight against British.
Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi was an Indian Islamic scholar of Hadith. He was of the Naqshbandi Sufi oder which emerged from a tradition of violent backlash against the modernization of Sunni culture. This tradition inspired later Sunni fundamentalists, including Aziz's father Shah Waliullah. Aziz was the to declare Hindustan to be Darul Harb.
Ali Mardan Khan was a Kurdish military leader and administrator, serving under the Safavid kings Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi, and later the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. He was the son of Ganj Ali Khan. After surrendering the city of Qandahar, part of the easternmost territories of the Safavids to the Mughals in 1638, he served with distinction in the Mughal administration, earning the highest honors of the Mughal court.
Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi was an Indian Sunni Hanafi Maturidi Islamic Scholar, theologian and a Sufi who was one of the main founders of the Deobandi Movement, starting from the Darul Uloom Deoband. He is known with the title of Hujjat al-Islam among his followers.
Qasim Khan Juvayni was a Mughal general and nobleman of the court of Mughal emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan. He also served as the Subahdar of Bengal, succeeding Fidai Khan, from 1628 to 1631. He is most notable for the capture of Hugli off the Portuguese firingis.
Azad Bilgrami was a scholar of Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages in 18th century India. The King of Yemen had acknowledged his poetic qualities and accorded him the title of Hassan Al-Hind.
Samdam ud Daula Shah Nawaz Khan, a courtier of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I and historian. He compiled the history Ma'asir al-umara.
Persian people were one of the major ethnic groups, who accompanied the ethnic Turco-Mongol ruling elite of the Mughal Empire after its invasion of the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. Throughout the Mughal Empire, a number of ethnic Persian technocrats, bureaucrats, traders, scientists, architects, teachers, poets, artists, theologians and Sufis migrated and settled in different parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
Aurangabadi Mahal was a wife of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Nawab Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha, was a kingmaker of the later Mughal Period. Best known for ordering the death of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar largely in attempt to halt the numerous assaination attempts that the latter had ordered against him and his brother Abdullah Khan Barha. Hussain Ali Khan rose as a kingmaker in early 18th century India, when he was also the de jure ruler of Aurangabad, ruler of Ajmer by proxy and Subedar of the Deccan
Umdat ul Mulk, Amir Khan Mir Ishaq was a nobleman of the mughal empire. He was a son of Amir Khan Mir Miran and initially held the title of Aziz Ullah Khan.
Mir Muhammad Fazil was a Mughal nobleman of Persian descent.
Muhammad Hashim, better known by his title Khafi Khan, was a civil servant and historian of Mughal India. He is notable for authoring Muntakhab-al Lubab, a Persian language book about the history of India.
Mamluk Ali Nanautawi was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar who served as the Head Teacher of Arabic language at the Zakir Husain Delhi College. His notable students include Muhammad Qasim Nanautawi, Rashid Ahmad Gangohi and Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi.
