The Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi (Urdu: تاریخ شير شاہ سوری‎) (history of Sher Shah) dating 1580 CE, is a historical work compiled by Abbas Khan Sarwani, a waqia-navis under Mughal Emperor Akbar, detailing the rule of Sher Shah Suri. The work was commissioned by Akbar to provide detailed documentation about Sher Shah's administration - Akbar's father Humayun had been defeated by Sher Shah. Abbas wrote the Tarik-i Sher Shahi using his own local cultural style not in the style and language of standard Persian.