Q. Identify the author and the book written on the lines of the Shahnama of Firdausi? Answer:
Khwaja Abd Malik Isami and his Futuh-i-Salatin
Notes: Futuh-i-Salatin is a poetical history of the Sultans of India from the rise of the Ghazanvi dynasty up to the reign of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughluq. Translated as "Gifts of the Sultans", it is a history of Muslim rule in India until 1349-50. Isami also called it Shahnama-i Hind ("the Shahnameh of India"). According to Isami, his sources included anecdotes, legends, and reports by his friends and acquaintances.