Abstract
The current study is focused on to the introduction and evaluation of
the Persian historical sources written during the British period in Sindh(1843-
1947). Very little research or investigation has so far been done in this area.
Since due to the foreign invasions and foreign rule throughout the centuries till
the Mughal rule, the people of Sindh never had the opportunity to pursue or
preserve their own language, literature, history and culture. This paper tries
briefly to explore the traces of Persian language and its development as an
official language of India generally and of Sindh particularly. Persian flourished in Sindh during the medieval period when Arab rule came to an end and
the new ruling dynasties coming from Central Asia established their rule over
Sindh. Persian supplanted one as the official language of the court and administration. However, Persian did not remain as the official language any
more during the British rule but some of the historical records were produced
in Persian besides English and Sindhi, the now official languages of Sindh
mostly at the instance of the British officials. This paper tries to provide a comprehensive account of all these chronicles and the purpose of English officials’
instigation behind such an effort of making records of the progress and development taking place under their patronage. It particularly highlights the value
and authenticity of this material as a source of the history of Sindh during this
period. It briefly deals with the importance of this work as a reference to the
secret missions in order to expand British power further North-West in the
Sub-continent. Finally, it shows the reasons of deterioration in the status and
standard of Persian in Sindh during this period.
Humera Naz. (2010) Persian Historical Sources during the British Period in Sindh (An Introduction and Investigation), Kalachi, Volume 13, Issue 1.
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