Study of History - Maulana Kausar Niazi

study of history
style and method of
treatment come
modern standards of historiography.
Uf> to ttle
H.G Wells was a great scholar and tb e ,
of scholars represented by him also con**
learned men.Yet it appears that when they cS° f
ed that the history of man two to three bundma
years ago was based on uncertain and conjectural
records, they should have at least kept before
them this book by al-Bjruoi. It has been published
several times in the West and it has beentransla.
ted into many European languages.
Everyone knows that Mahmud of
belonged to the eleventh century a c.
Ghaznah
About nine
hundred years ago he made his extensive conquests.
In his reign not only al-Blruni but also
many other authors wrote books of a high standard.
Among these Anwar! and Firdausi are the
most notable.