INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

THE MUGHAL KINGS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one among the following books was authored by a lady of the Mughal Royal House?
A
Akbar Nama
B
Babur Nama
C
Humayun Nama
D
Badshah Nama
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Humayun Nama. Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire who ruled from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556. His sister Gulbadan Begum wrote the biography of Humayun named Humayun-Nama at the request of Akbar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gulbadan Begum ( c. 1523 – 7 February 1603) was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. She is best known as the author of Humayun-Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote on the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Mughal emperor Babur. She is best known as the author of Humayun Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Humayun.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Akbarnama, which translates to Book of Akbar, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor ( r. 1556–1605), commissioned by Akbar himself and written by his court historian and biographer, Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak.

Detailed explanation-5: -Complete Step by Step Answer: The book Humayun Nama was documented about the reign of Humayun as it was fashionable for Mughal rulers to ask writers to do the same. Akbar had asked his aunt Gulbadan Begum to write about whatever she could remember of her half-brother i.e. Humayun’s life.

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