TY - BOOK AU - Nizami,Khaliq Ahmad AU - Fåaråuqåi,Aóthar TI - Delhi in historical perspectives T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780190991913 (ebook) : AV - DS486.D3 U1 - 954.56 23 PY - 2020/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Delhi (India) KW - History N1 - Translated from the Urdu; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - First published in Urdu in 1972, this book captures in rich detail the cultural, social, economic and spiritual fabric of Delhi over seven centuries, using original literary, travel, biographical, hagiographical and administrative accounts in Persian, Hindavi and Urdu. Ather Farouqui's translation, which has made this important book accessible to a wider readership, does justice to Nizami's simple, conversational style, which is yet replete with literary allusions UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190124007.001.0001 ER -