Minhaj-ud-din
Abu Uraar bin Siraj-ud-din al-Juzjani, popularly known as Minhaj-us-Siraj, was a medieval historian who was patronized by
Slave Sultan Nasir-ud-din Mahmud to whom he had dedicated his magnum opus Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
Since Siraj
held the high office of the Chief Qazi of Delhi to which he was appointed by Nasir-ud-din
Mahmud, it is natural that Tabaqat-i-Nasiri gives a first hand account
of the historical events from the conquest of Delhi by Muhammad of Ghur up to the year 1260 AD.
Siraj
was temporarily removed from the post of Chief Qazi from 1253 to 1255 when a section of nobles induced the
Sultan to send his prime minister Balban into exile.
Tabaqat-i-Nasiri has been translated
into English by Raverty.
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