Social Approach of Ziauddin Barani in Official Historiography

Abstract

In narrations of old history, official history has an important place, as it narrates the history of governments or their desires. There are various works with this approach; meanwhile people are given a place in some official historiographies. Ziauddin Barani is one of the historians who reports social problems alongside official history Delhi Sultanate. This article, using descriptive analytic method on direct and indirect mentions, explores this hypothesis that Barani, besides writing the official history of Tughlaq dynasty has pictured the situation of citizenry. This way he has started a new type of historiography in which the focus is changing from government to people. The results show that his work is inclined to social history an Barani has not neglected the role of people in government's strengths and weaknesses. He had serious notation to social problems to guide the governors to reform in society, and his cause and effect search in social and economic occurrences could be a sign of his analysis from effective factors in social changes.

Keywords

• tarikh-e firouzshahi
• ziauddin barani
• social knowledge
• delhi sultanate
• official historiography