At one point, he decided to migrate to Mecca, but he was determined to write a history of Muslim rule in India before leaving the country.
[1] He aspired to emulate the famous Persian poet Ferdowsi, who wrote Shahnameh, an epic poem outlining the history of Persia.
[6] Bahman Shah, who established the independent Bahmani Sultanate in the Deccan region, became Isami's patron.
[5] Unlike several earlier chronicles, the book's language is devoid of "rhetorical artifices and unpleasant exaggeration".
Futuh-us-Salatin is written in masnavi (rhyming poem) style, and is not fully reliable for the purposes of history.
Similarly, he claims that the Deccan region prospered because Burhanuddin Gharib and his successor Zainuddin Shirazi lived in Daulatabad.
[10] He claims that Tughluq forced the entire population of Delhi to move to Daulatabad, and that only 10% of the migrants survived the journey.
[12] Despite these defects, Isami's book is a valuable source of information about the political history and social life of 14th century India.