Punjab Under the Mughal Raj

Description

The Land of the Five Rivers constitutes the backbone of The Indian Sub-continent and deserves to be closely studied by competent scholars in all its aspects.

The historical aspect is not the least important of them, and the present treatise by Professor Muhammad Akbar on the Mughal Period of its history should, therefore, be welcome to a large circle of readers. As there is a regrettable dearth of good books on the subject, Mr. Akbar’s work fills a real need.

Amongst the earlier works on the Punjab, the Tahqiqat-i-Chishti by Nur Ahmad Chishti is fragmentary and mainly of archaeological interest; while the History of the Punjab by Syed Mohammad Latif and the History of the Punjab by Munshi Kanhaya Lal, though useful, are inaccurate and antiquated in certain respects. The inadequacy of these books left ample scope for further research work on the subject, which the talented author has undertaken with conspicuous success.

Author Biography

Muhammad Akbar has made use of a large amount of fresh material, which had hitherto been unknown to students and had consequently remained unused by them. It is to the credit of the writer that he tapped new sources of historical information and has utilized them with critical skill. This is a work of great scholarship and a mine of information for historians.