Born in Baramulla
in 1927, he obtained his M.A. in Persian from the Panjab University and
Ph.D. in Iranian from Teheran University. He served for a long time as
professor in the Persian Department and the Centre of Central Asian Studies
at the Jammu and Kashmir University. He has authored several books including
My
Tajik Friends, Iran and Central Asia, and Baharistan-i-Shahi.
Baharistan-i-Shahi
(A Chronicle of Mediaeval Kashmir)
Baharistan-i-Shahi,
a Persian Manuscript history of Kashmir by anonymous author
and brought down to A.D. 1614, has served as an important
reference work for historians from the 17th century to the
present day.
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