For complete titles of works see Bibliography.
| Afif | : | Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi by Shama Siraj Afif |
| Ain | : | Ain-i-Akbari by Abul Fazl, trans. by H. Blochmann |
| Akbar Nama | : | Akbar Nama by Abul Fazl, trans. by H. Beveridge |
| Babur Nama | : | Memoirs of Babur, trans. by Ms. A. Beveridge |
| Badaoni | : | Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh by Abdul Qadir Badaoni |
| Barani | : | Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi by Ziyauddin Barani |
| Bernier | : | Travels in the Mogul Empire by Francois Bernier |
| C.H.I. | : | Cambridge History of India |
| E and D | : | History of India as told by its own Historians by Henry Elliot and John Dowson |
| Farishtah | : | Gulshan-i-Ibrahimi or Tarikh-i-Farishtah by Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah Farishtah |
| Foster | : | Early Travels in India, edited by William Foster |
| Ibn Battuta | : | Rehla of Ibn Battuta, trans. by Mahdi Husain |
| Khafi Khan | : | Mutakhab-ul-Lubab by Khafi Khan |
| Lahori | : | Badshah Nama by Abdul Hamid Lahori |
| Manucci | : | Storia do Mogor by Niccolao Manucci |
| Pelsaert | : | Jahangir�s India by Francisco Pelsaert |
| P.I.H.C. | : | Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |
| J.A.S.B. | : | Journal of the (Royal) Asiatic Society of Bengal |
| J.R.A.S. | : | Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain |
