UGC NET History Practice Question

Who translated Babur's autobiography into Persian during the reign of Emperor Akbar under the title Baburnama?

Abul Fazl

Badauni

Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan ✓

Faizi

Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, Akbar's noted general and poet, translated Babur's Chagatai Turkic memoir into Persian, making it accessible to the wider Mughal court and later generations of Persian-reading historians.

The official chronicle Akbarnama and its statistical appendix Ain-i-Akbari were authored by:

Abdul Qadir Badauni

Abul Fazl Allami ✓

Nizamuddin Ahmad

Inayat Khan

Abul Fazl, Akbar's close confidant and chief ideologue, wrote the official Akbarnama and its detailed statistical/administrative appendix Ain-i-Akbari — together the single richest source for Akbar's reign and Mughal administrative structure.

Which historian wrote Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, a critical contemporary account of Akbar's religious policies written secretly?

Abul Fazl

Abdul Qadir Badauni ✓

Khwandamir

Abbas Khan Sarwani

Badauni wrote the Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh secretly (it was not published in his lifetime) as an orthodox, critical counterpoint to Abul Fazl's official, more favorable narrative — historians read the two together to balance out each author's bias.

The Tarikh-i-Shershahi, providing detailed biographical and administrative details of Sher Shah Suri, was written by:

Abbas Khan Sarwani ✓

Ahmad Yadgar

Rizqullah Mushtaqi

Niamatullah

Abbas Khan Sarwani, writing under Akbar's patronage, compiled the Tarikh-i-Sher Shahi (also called Tuhfa-i-Akbar Shahi) as the principal detailed source for Sher Shah Suri's reforms and administration.

Which Venetian traveler visited the Mughal court during the reign of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, worked as a physician, and wrote Storio do Mogor?

Francois Bernier

Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

Niccolao Manucci ✓

Peter Mundy

Niccolao Manucci, an Italian (often loosely called Venetian) who served as a physician at the Mughal court for decades, wrote Storia do Mogor, a detailed if sometimes unreliable eyewitness account spanning Shah Jahan's and Aurangzeb's reigns.

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