Firishta

Firishta
Born
Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi

c. 1570[1]
Died1620

Firishta or Ferešte (Persian: فِرِشتہ), full name Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Astarabadi[1][a] (Persian: مُحَمَّد قاسِم ہِندُو شاہ), was a Persian[2] historian, who later settled in India and served the Deccan Sultans as their court historian. He was born in 1570 and died in 1620.[3] The name Firishta means 'angel' in Persian.

  1. ^ a b c Hambly, Gavin R. G. (1999). "FEREŠTA,TĀRĪḴ-E". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IX/5: Fauna III–Festivals VIII. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 533–534. ISBN 978-0-933273-33-7.
  2. ^ Minorsky, V. (1955). "The Qara-qoyunlu and the Qutb-shāhs (Turkmenica, 10)". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 17 (1): 52. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00106342. JSTOR 609169. S2CID 162273460. Another tendency of Firishta (a Persian of Astarabad) is to underline (...)
  3. ^ "Medieval Period". Government of Maharashtra. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-30.


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