Which of the following chroniclers accompanied Sultan Alauddin Khalji on his military expedition to Chittor and recorded contemporary events in his famous work 'Khazain-ul-Futuh'?

💡 Solution & Explanation

Amir Khusrau accompanied Alauddin Khalji on several military campaigns and chronicled them in his prose work 'Khazain-ul-Futuh', also known as Tarikh-i-Alai. Minhaj-us-Siraj authored the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri during the Mamluk dynasty, whereas Ziya-ud-din Barani wrote the Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi focusing on later sultans. Amir Khusrau is celebrated as the pioneer of the Indo-Persian literary synthesis and the inventor of numerous musical forms.