The Earliest Extant Account of Sher Shah

Dasharatha Sharma

The Earliest Extant Account of Sher Shah

Vol. 8 · No. 2June - 1932pp. 302–304English

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“Mailik Muhammad JFiayasi, to whose account I refer, was a contemporary of Sher Shah, and began writing the Padmarat, in 947 Hijri year, that is, ahout 1540. A.D).”
“Transl. Sher Shah is the Sultan of પલો. Like the sun he pervades tour quarters with his glory. The umbrella and the throne add 10 " his majesty. All kings bow down their heads on the ground hefore him.”

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Tarikli-i-Sher Shahi
NizAmuddin
Nigamuddin's Tubugai-i-Akbart
Elliot, iv, 411
The Weagiat-i-Mushtaqi, Flliot, 14, 648

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Sher Shah 15
Dasharatha Sharma 6
Nizamuddin 4
Kalikaranjan Qanungo
Abbas Sarwini
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Umar
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Delhi 71

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Padmarat
Padmdvat

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