PREFACE

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For help on particular points I am indebted to the late
Right Honourable Syed Ameer Ali, and to Mr. C. E.
Carrington, Sir Atul Chatterjee, Mr. W. Christie, Mr.
G. L. M. Clauson, Mr. U. M. Daudpota, Mr. E. Edwards,
Sir William Foster, Professor S. H. Hodivala, Sir Walter
Hose, Mr. S. G. Kanhere, Sir Edward Maclagan, Mr. C. E.
A. W. Oldham, and Mr. G. Chenevix Trench. Dr. L. D.
Barnett kindly read through the draft of Chapter I, and
supplied me with valuable references to literature dealing
with the Hindu period. Mr. R. Paget Dewhurst, besides
contributing a substantial portion of Appendix C, has been
most generous in interpreting obscure phrases in the
Persian chronicles. Sir Richard Burn supplied me with
a critical examination of the draft of Appendix E, and
helped me in many other ways. Mr. B. C. Burt rendered
me great assistance in the search for illustrative documents
in Indian collections. I have drawn freely on some
unpublished notes written in consultation with Mr. A.
Yusuf Ali when we worked together some years ago on the
authorities for the reign of Akbar. Lastly I must
acknowledge the assistance so willingly rendered throughout
 my work by Mrs. R. W. Frazer and Miss F. H
Latimer, of the staff of the Royal Asiatic Society.
VW 7 MORELAND.

July, 1929.