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	The history of medieval India has benefited greatly from this compilation, thanks to the efforts of K. Qanungo, H. Haig, A. Rahim and I. Siddiqui.<ref>''Abbas Khān Sarwānī and the Tuḥfa-yi Akbar Shāhī. A Critical Study'', Rahim Raza, '''East and West''', 143.</ref>		The history of medieval India has benefited greatly from this compilation, thanks to the efforts of K. Qanungo, H. Haig, A. Rahim and I. Siddiqui.<ref>''Abbas Khān Sarwānī and the Tuḥfa-yi Akbar Shāhī. A Critical Study'', Rahim Raza, '''East and West''', 143.</ref>

			Abbas Khan Sarwani selected Tuhfah-i-Akbar Shahi as the title of his book and it was an elaborate history of the [[Lodi dynasty\|Lodi]] and [[Sur Empire\|Sur]] sultans. On the other hand, Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi was actually the first chapter of the book, only this part of the work is found at present. The writer of the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi had marriage relations with Sher Shah, also he had contact with the acquaintances whose fathers worked for Sher Shah and his son [[Islam Shah Suri\|Islam Shah]]. A number of persons who had served in the government of the [[Afghans in India\|Afghan rulers]] in high rank were mentioned as the sources of Sarwani. The book also includes brief biographies of those contemporary persons who are mentioned.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Imamuddin \|first1=SM \|title=Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi of Abbas Sarwani \|date=1964 \|publisher=University of Dhska}}</ref>

			Under the Mughal emperor Akbar, Abbas Khan Sarwani was in charge of utilizing court documents, he was also in charge of the [https://tawarikhkhwani.com/libraries-during-mughal-era/ Mughal emperor’s library] and private collection of books. In spite of serving as a Mughal emperor and being a government servant, Sarwani idealized Sher Shah and praised him for the introduction of new political and administrative institutions and policies. Sarwani was an Afghan himself but the [https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tribal-rivalries tribal rivalry] and [[Jealousy\|jealousy]] of the Afghan leaders were known to him. He held these reasons responsible for Afghan misfortune and defeat against the [[Mughal emperors\|Mughals]]. Sarwani wrote the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi in 1586 AD.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Qanungo \|first1=KR \|title=Sher Shah and His Times \|date=1965 \|location=Calcutta}}</ref>

			For the restoration of [[Bengal]]’s history, the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi is one of the most significant sourcebooks. The writer of the book provides a clear picture of Sher Shah taking over Bengal and how Bengal lost its independence. [[Ghiyasuddin Mahmud Shah]] was the [[sultan]] of Bengal from 1533 to 1538. Shah succeeded his father and brother and became the sultan of Bengal. He inherited an enormous kingdom and a well-decorated administration. The sagacity and intelligence of Sher Shah made it possible to overthrow Ghiasuddin Mahmud Shah from power and take control of Bengal. Sher Shah was the son of a [[Jagir\|jagirdar]], from that position he taking over Bengal, successfully reached the throne of [[Delhi Sultanate]].<ref>{{cite journal \|title=Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi \|journal=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh \|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/Tarikh-i-Sher_Shahi \|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>



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The '''''Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi''''' (history of Sher Shah) dating 1580 CE, is a historical work compiled by [[Abbas Sarwani|Abbas Khan Sarwani]],<ref>''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.</ref> a ''waqia-navis'' under [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]], detailing the rule of [[Sher Shah Suri]]. The work was commissioned by [[Akbar]] to provide detailed documentation about Sher Shah's administration - Akbar's father [[Humayun]] had been defeated by Sher Shah.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/pf?file=80201014&ct=77|title=Táríkh-i Sher Sháhí; or, Tuhfat-i Akbar Sháhí, of 'Abbás Khán Sarwání. CHAPTER I. Account of the reign of Sher Sháh Súr.|page=77|author=Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi|work=Sir H. M. Elliot|location=London|publisher=[[Packard Humanities Institute]]|date=1580|accessdate=2010-09-04}}</ref>

Abbas wrote the ''Tarik-i Sher Shahi'' using his own local Indo-Afghan cultural style not in the style and language of standard Persian.<ref>''Abbas Khān Sarwānī and the Tuḥfa-yi Akbar Shāhī. A Critical Study'', Rahim Raza, '''East and West''', Vol. 33, No. 1/4 (December 1983), 174.</ref>

==Modern historiography==
The history of medieval India has benefited greatly from this compilation, thanks to the efforts of K. Qanungo, H. Haig, A. Rahim and I. Siddiqui.<ref>''Abbas Khān Sarwānī and the Tuḥfa-yi Akbar Shāhī. A Critical Study'', Rahim Raza, '''East and West''', 143.</ref>

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