Minhaj-i Siraj Juzjani

Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian^[1] born in the region of Ghur.^[2]

Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani
Born	1193 Ghur, Ghurid dynasty
Died	after 1266 Mamluk India
Occupation	Historian
Employer(s)	Ghurid dynasty Mamluk Sultanate

In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi.^[3] The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India,^[4] Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well.^[5] He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi.^[6] He died after 1266.

See also

• Muslim chronicles for Indian history