Muhammad Hashim (c. 1664–1732), better known by his title Khafi Khan, was an Indo-Persian historian of Mughal India. His career began about 1693–1694 as a clerk in Bombay. He served predominantly in Gujarat and the Deccan regions, including the final decade of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.[1] He authored the controversial and in part "patently fictitious" Muntakhab-al Lubab – a Persian language book about the history of India during the Mughal period, completed in 1731.[2] It has been a much studied, contested source of information about the Mughal history, particularly Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.[1][2][note 1]
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- ^ Brown, Katherine Butler (2007). "Did Aurangzeb Ban Music? Questions for the Historiography of His Reign". Modern Asian Studies. 41 (1). Cambridge University Press: 77–120. doi:10.1017/S0026749X05002313. JSTOR 4132345.
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