Minhaj-i-Siraj

Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian born in the region of Ghur.

In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi. The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India, Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well. He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi. He died in 1266.

Juzjani's grandson, Sadr-ud Din Arif, served as the deputy chief Qadi during the reign of sultan Alauddin Khalji, and had married Khudawandzada Begum, the daughter of Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq. Their son, Dawar Malik, was a son-in-law of Muhammad bin Tughlaq, and was a claimant to the throne after Muhammad bin Tughlaq's death in 1351.