From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 4 — Unit 4: Sources of Medieval Indian History unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
Who authored the chronicle Futuh-us-Salatin, composed in verse, which gives an account of the Sultanate down to the founding of the Bahmani Kingdom?
Abdul Malik Isami ✓
Amir Khusrau
Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi
Ibn Battuta
Isami composed the Futuh-us-Salatin in Persian verse (Shahnama-style) covering the Delhi Sultanate up to the founding of the Bahmani kingdom, which he himself migrated to — making it a valuable bridging source between Delhi and Deccan Sultanate history.
The Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, dedicated to Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud, was authored by which medieval chronicler?
Barani
Minhaj-us-Siraj Jurjani ✓
Fakhr-i Mudabbir
Hasan Nizami
Minhaj-us-Siraj Jurjani wrote the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri, dedicated to Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud, covering early Delhi Sultanate history including the Mongol invasions — a key source for the formative Slave/Mamluk dynasty period.
Which work of Amir Khusrau describes the legendary love story between Prince Khizr Khan (son of Alauddin Khalji) and Deval Devi?
Qiran-us-Sa'dain
Miftah-ul-Futuh
Ashiqa (Khizr Khan-o-Deval Rani) ✓
Nuh Sipihr
Amir Khusrau's Ashiqa (also called Khizr Khan-o-Deval Rani) narrates the romance of Alauddin Khalji's son Khizr Khan and Deval Devi — a distinct genre among Khusrau's works, blending historical event with romantic masnavi poetry.
Kitab-ur-Rehla (The Travelogue) was written in Arabic by which 14th-century Moroccan traveler who visited the court of Muhammad bin Tughlaq?
Al-Biruni
Ibn Battuta ✓
Abdur Razzak
Al-Masudi
Ibn Battuta's Rehla records his extensive travels including years spent at Muhammad bin Tughlaq's court as a qazi — an invaluable, if sometimes exaggerated, outsider's eyewitness account of Sultanate administration and society.
The Baburnama (Tuzk-i-Baburi), the autobiography of Emperor Babur, was originally written in which language?
Persian
Chagatai Turkic ✓
Arabic
Urdu
Babur wrote his memoirs in Chagatai Turkic, his native tongue — it was only later translated into Persian (under Akbar) and remains celebrated as an unusually candid and literary royal autobiography for its time.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
