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First published in 1906, this classic nine-volume history of the
nation of India places it among the storied lands of antiquity,
alongside Egypt, China, and Mesopotamia. Edited by American
academic ABRAHAM VALENTINE WILLIAMS JACKSON (1862 1937), professor
of Indo-Iranian languages at Columbia University, it offers a
highly readable narrative of the Indian people and culture through
to the time of its publication, when the nation was still part of
the British Empire. Volume V, The Mohammedan Period as Described by
Its Own Historians consisting of selections from the eight-volume
History of India as Described by Its Own Historians by British
historian SIR HENRY MIERS ELLIOT (1803-1853) features entertaining
and enlightening treatments of: the Arab conquest of Sind the holy
wars of Islam waged against Hindustan rise of the house of Ghor
Raziya, the Mohammedan empress of India Ala-Ad-Din s conquests on
the Deccan Timur s account of his invasion of India the memoirs of
the emperor Babar and much more. This beautiful replica of the 1906
first edition includes all the original illustrations.
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