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<p>103.209.52.221: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> '''Abbas Sarwani''' was a historian during the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal period in India]]. Little is known of his personal life, except that he was a member of the [[Sarwani|Sarwani Pashtun family]].&lt;ref&gt;''Abbas Sarwani'', I.H. Siddiqui, '''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''', Vol. XII, ed. P.J. Bearman, T. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W.P. Heinrichs, (Brill, 2004), 1-2.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Accordingly, one of his ancestors settled near Banur town and received 2000 [[Bigha|''bighas'']] of land during the reign of [[Bahlul Lodi]]. This land was eventually returned to Abbas' father, Shaykh Ali, during the reign of [[Sher Shah Sur|Shah Sur]], following the expulsion of the [[Mughal Empire]] in 1540. By 1579 this land was returned to the state, which prompted Abbas to be employed by Sayyid Hamid, a scholar of the Mughal emperor [[Akbar]].&lt;ref&gt;''Abbas Sarwani'', I.H. Siddiqui, '''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''', Vol. XII, 1-2&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> At the behest of Akbar, Abbas compiled, in 1582, ''Tufah-yi Akbar Shahi'', better known as, ''Ta'rikh-i Sher Shahi'', a biography of Shah Sur. The ''Ta'rikh-i Sher Shahi'' was compiled after the fall of the [[Sur Empire|Sur dynasty]] with the preconceived notion of enhancing the Pashtun dynasty when facts were lacking. Abbas' work is not a first hand source, but a combination of sources from Sarwani nobles that served with the [[Lodi dynasty|Lodi]] and Sur dynasties.&lt;ref&gt;''Abbas Sarwani'', I.H. Siddiqui, '''The Encyclopaedia of Islam''', Vol. XII, 1-2.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:16th-century Indian historians]]<br /> [[Category:Indian people of Pashtun descent]]<br /> [[Category:Historians in the Mughal Empire]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-historian-stub}}</div>

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