UPSC History Optional · Paper I · 2026 · Q6(c) · 15 marks
Critically analyze Barani's Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi and identify the shortcomings in his account.
- Chapter
- The Fourteenth Century
- Topic
- Sources: Barani and Ibn Battuta
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