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Tohfatu'l-Ahbab

Summary

Tohfatu'l-Ahbab is a Farsi work by Muhammad Ali Kashmiri, presumably written in 1642. It is the biography of Shamsu'd-Din Muhammad Araki, a Shi'a Muslim missionary who visited Kashmir, Gilgit and Baltistan in the 15th and 16th century. Araki was the founder of the Nurbakhshiyyeh Sufi order in Kashmir.[1][2] The work was translated into English by Kashi Nath Pandit.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Foreword in: Pandit, K. N. (2009). A Muslim missionary in mediaeval Kashmir: Being the English translation of Tohfatu'l-ahbab. New Delhi: Voice of India.
  2. ^ Pandit, K. N. (2013). Baharistan-i-shahi: A chronicle of mediaeval Kashmir. Srinagar: Gulshan Books.

Further reading edit

  • Rafiqi, A. Q. (1994). "A Critical Assessment of "Tuhfatu'l Ahbab": A Source For The Socio-Economic History Of Kashmir During Sultanate Period". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 55: 207–213. ISSN 2249-1937.

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