Futuh-us-Salatin
Topic: Turkic Invasions and the Delhi Sultanate · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Futuh-us-Salatin ("Conquests of the Sultans") is a long history in Persian verse. Its writer, Isami, tells the story of the Muslim rulers of India up to his own time. He finished it c. 1350 at the court of Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah, who founded the Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan. Because Isami wrote outside Delhi, he could openly attack the Delhi sultan.
Example
Isami's family was forced to move from Delhi to Daulatabad when Muhammad bin Tughlaq shifted his capital, and his old grandfather died on the way. So in Futuh-us-Salatin, Isami describes Muhammad bin Tughlaq as a cruel and harsh ruler.
Don't confuse with
- Futuhat-i-Firuz Shahi: this is a short account written by Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq about himself. It is in prose, not verse.
Related concepts
- Tughlaq dynasty
- Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
- Tughlaqabad Fort
- Muhammad bin Tughlaq
- Transfer of capital to Daulatabad
- Daulatabad
- Token currency
- Diwan-i-Amir-i-Kohi
- Musunuri Nayakas
- Firuz Shah Tughlaq