Sadiduddin Muhammad Aufi was a Persian historian, scientist, and author
Background
Born in Bukhara, Aufi grew up during the apex of the Islamic Golden Age and spent many years traveling, exploring, and lecturing to the common folk and the royalty alike in Delhi, Khorasan, Khwarizm, Samarkand, Merv, Neishaboor, Sistan and Ghaznayn.
Career
He spent most of his time at the courts of Ghaurid kings. He dedicated his first grand work Lubab ul-Albab, which consisted of poems by kings and poets of ancient times, to the vizier of the Ghaurid Amir Nasiriddin Ghobajeh (ناصر الدین قباجه) (d 1227). His second magnum opus Jawami ul-Hikayat was written under the name of the Vizier of the Ghurid Amir of Delhi.
These two are the only remaining works from him today.
A small fragment of his Madayih al-Sultan remains. Elliot, H. M. (Henry Miers), Sir.
John Dowson (1871). "4. Jawami ul-Hikayat of Muhammad Ufi".
The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians.
The Muhammadan Period (Volume(s) 2). London: Trübner & Company