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A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIA IN TWELVE VOLUMES Volume Five The Delhi Sultanat (a-p. 1206-1526) A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF INDIA Volume Five The Delhi Sultanat (Ap. 1208-1598) Edited by MOHAMMAD HABIB KHALIQ ARMAD N¥ZAMI Published rinder the auspices of THE INDTAN HISTORY CONGRESS PEOPLE'S PUBLISHING HOUSE PELAT, AMMRDABAD BOMBAY August 1070 (P69) PRINTED 2H INDTA BED. P. Sinha at New Ago Printing Press, Rant Jhanst Road, New Delbi 55, FOREWORD Tne Poicanion Comsurn: and the Editorial Board of the Comprehensive History of India project of the fudiau History Congress have great pleasure in presenting the Fifth Vohime of che bistory, second to be published in the series so far, The Indian History Congress had decided at its Tahore Session in 1040 to prepare and poblith a Comprehensive History of Iudta in twelve volumes based om latest research to serve as a reference work for students of Indian history. The work was planaed at the Aligarh Session in 1943 and a Board of Editors appointed and contributors selected. Thanks to the efforts of Dr Tara Chand, adequate fands were collected to finance tho project. R was hoped then that the volrmes will flow in quick succession and the entire scheme will not fake more than ten years to complete. ‘And early success in preparing three or fvur volumes, whuse chapters in.manuscript were received by us, strengthencd that hope. But many circumstances prevented realisation of that expectation. The tragic death of severul editors and contributors necessitated changes. Pole tical conditions as a result of partition also created a situation not congenial to scholarly pursuits: Nonetheless, one volume was seut to the press in 1951 which took six years, again because of efrcum- stances beyond our control, to be published. The issue of ono volume had cneouraged the belief that other volumes will not take much time to follow. But again thirteon years have elapsed for the second volume to be published. As Secretary of the Editorial Board, I owe au apology to the general public for this inordinate delay which sometimes js incidental in @ enoperative work of this nature. Chapters written many years before havé to be tevisgd and rewritten to bring them in tune with the latest researches, atld oditing is a long and tedious affair. The present volume bas taken five years to odit. ~ 1 s my grateful thanks to the joint Editors, Protessbes M, Hattb and K. 8, Nizami, for the devotion and tadustty which they have applied to ths work ina spit of dedication without which its completion would have been well nigh impossible. I am thankful