ENGLISH 2 THE LITERARY CONTRIBUTION OF AMIR KHUSRAO AND ZIA-UL-DIN BARNI AS A FOUNDER OF ISLAMIC HISTORIOGRAPHY

IN SOUTH ASIA DURING 1260-1388 A.D”

Abstract

Historiography in Pre-Islamic India was a neglected discipline because the Hindus had no interest in historiography. World history is considered the invention of the Greeks and they are considered the founder of historiography in the initial stage of human consciousness. The word history is related to human consciousness and the man started to write the event as a memory of his past. The trend of historiography started in ancient Greece by Hycuts and Herodotus, which reached the Sub-continent. As in other parts of the world, Muslims promoted and strengthened the art of historiography in India. In the context of the Muslim era of historiography, Amir Khusrao and Zia-ul-Din Barni earned a great name due to the nourishing of Historiography. This research paper is based on the comparative study of the work of Amir Khusrao and Zia-ul-din Barni, both historians are very important figures in the history of the Subcontinent.  Amir Khusrao and Zia-ul-din Barni’s services have been counted in this research paper because both are prominent figures of Muslim Historiography in the Subcontinent. Both historians used different tools to signify the historiography as Barni used. This paper primarily deals with the historical sense of Khusrao and Barni and highlights their contribution to the Muslim historiography in the Subcontinent.