History of India: Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan conquest to the reign of Akbar the Great VOL 3RD - HARDCOVER

About the Book : The aim of this series of volumes is to present a continuous narrative of the history of India from the dim ages of the past down to the present time, combining into an organic whole a succession of standard works by recognized authorities, each a master of the special period with which he deals, thus providing a complete picture of the development of the country. This series of volumes deal with the following topics, namely, Vol-1 From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century, B. C., Vol-2 From the Sixth Century B.C. to the Mohammedan Conquest, Including the Invasion of Alexander the Great, Vol-3 Mediaeval India from the Mohammedan Conquest to the reign of Akber the Great, Vol-4 From the Reign of Akbar the Great to the Fall of the Moghul Empire, Vol-5 The Mohammedan Period as Described by its Own Historians, Vol-6 From the first European Settlements to the Founding of the English East India Company, Vol-7- The European Struggle for Indian Supremacy in the Seventeenth Century, Vol-8- From the Close of the Seventeenth Century to the Present Time, Vol-9 Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental. About The Author : Stanley Edward Lane-Poole (1854 –1931) was a British orientalist and archaeologist. Poole was from a famous orientalist family as his paternal grandmother Sophia Lane Poole, uncle Reginald Stuart Poole and great-uncle Edward William Lane were famous for their work in this field. His other great-uncle was Richard James Lane, a distinguished Victorian lithographer and engraver. From 1897 to 1904 he had a chair as Professor of Arabic studies at Dublin University. He was married to Charlotte Bell Wilson from 1879 until her death in 1905. The couple had three sons and a daughter; his eldest son predeceased him while of his other two sons, Richard was a Royal Navy officer and Charles was a forester who did much work in Australia