Course Contents

1ST WEEK Introduction pre Muslim India,Ishwari Parsad, A Short History of Muslim Rule in India, (Allahabad: The Indian Press, 1931) 1-28, 2ND and 3rd WEEK Invaders Muhammad bin Qasim, Mehmud of Ghazna, Muhammad Ghori S M Ikram, Muslim Civilization in India, Columbia, 1964. Chap 1,2 4h and 5h week Slave Dynesty .QUTUB UD DIN Aibak, ILLTUTMISH, RAZIA SULTAN, BALBAN Stanley Lane-Poole, Mediaeval India Under Mohammedan Rule, 712-1764 (Classic Reprint) Fb&c Limited, 2017. 1-58 . 6th and 7th week Allandin Khilji, Jalaludin ,Khilji imperialism Khilji Ishwari Parsad, A Short History of Muslim Rule in India, (Allahabad: The Indian Press, 1931). 103-131 8th and 9th week Ala-al-Din Khalji (r.1296-1316) and Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (r.1325-1351) Firuz Shah Tughluq, Price Control Policy of Alauddin Khalji: Muhammad Yasir Ali, Understanding Political Evolution in Early Medieval South Asia: A Comparative Analysis of Political Management of Ala-al-Din Khalji (r.1296-1316) and Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (r.1325-1351) Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 39, No. 4 (2019), pp. 1541-1548 Humera Naz - Price Control Policy of Alauddin Khalji: Achievement or FailureThe Journal of History and Social Sciences, University of Karachi, 2010, 10th week Rise of Regional Kingdom and Decline of Sultanate period Stanley Lane-Poole, Mediaeval India Under Mohammedan Rule, 712-1764 (Classic Reprint) Fb&c Limited, 2017. 11th and 12th week Centeral and Provincial Administration S M Ikram, Muslim Civilization in India, Columbia, 1964. Chap 7. 13th week Sufi and saints Barbara D. Metcalf, A Historical Overview of Islam in South Asia, 1-40 14th week Society and Cuture S M Ikram, Muslim Civilization in India, Columbia, 1964. Chap 7. 15th week Art and Achitecture Anthony Welch and Howard Crane, The Tughluqs: Master Builders of the Delhi Sultanate, Muqarnas , 1983, Vol. 1 (1983), pp. 123-166

Course Synopsis

The most important and memorable events of History of Muslim Rule in South Asia 712 - 1526 are highlighted through the selected readings. course covers the three phases of Muslim rule, era of invaders, establishment of Muslim rule with slave dynasty till Lodhi dynasty and heritage of Muslims in south Asia. How Arab, Turkish, central Asian and Persian culture influenced the indigenous and Hinduism.

Course Learning Outcomes

after completion of this course students would be able to understand the great battles, achievements of invaders as warrior and other events that had repeatedly altered the map of Indian subcontinent A time-sense has thus been achieved without loading these stories with unnecessary dates. the aim of selected readings to give a sound knowledge to students about the Muslim heritage, art, literature, architecture etc.