The Role of Iranian and Indian Quran Researchers in the Political Sphere of Indian Gurkani Era

Cultural transformations at the time of Indian Timurid rulers are marked a turning point in the history of this land. Such transformations occurred in various spheres including authorship of rich written works. Among these works, the Quranic works, which are mainly quintessential either in the Islamic world or in the history of the Quranic studies in the Indian Subcontinent, hold an outstanding status. The authors of these works were Indian political figures or immigrant Iranians at the Indian Gurkanid court, who were also playing influential roles in the political and social domains. The present study benefited from interdisciplinary studies of History of Islam and Quranic sciences. Through describing and analyzing historical documents, it attempts to introduce political and historical figures involved in the Quranic studies in Timurid era, and reviews a number of their commentaries.