INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

THE FIRST ONE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which book described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time?
A
Shahnama
B
Chachnama
C
Akbarnama
D
Baburnama
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Chachnama is popularly known as Fateh Nama Sind. It is originally written in Arabic text and described the Arab invasion of Sindh for the very first time.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Book of Conquest: The Chachnama and Muslim Origins in South Asia is a critical literary, historical and intellectual analysis of a 13th century Persian text which tells the story of the Arab invasions of Sindh in the 7-8th centuries.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1900 Mirza Kalich Beg, celebrated as the first Sindhi novelist, translated a 13th-century Persian text called Chachnama into English. Ali Kufi, the author of Chachnama, in turn, claimed his work was a translation of an 8th-century work in Arabic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Chach Nama, also known as the Fateh nama Sindh, and as Tarekh-e-Hind wa Sindh, is one of the main historical sources for the history of Sindh in the seventh to eighth centuries CE, written in Persian. The body of the work narrates the Arab inclursions into Sindh of the 7th-8th centuries CE.

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