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History GK · Q55

Mughal Empire

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 55

Q55

The greatest historian of the reign of Akbar, who wrote Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was

A.
Nizamuddin Ahmad
B.
Abdur Qadir Badauni
C.
Abul Fazl
Answer
D.
Abdas Khan Arwani

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Akbarnama which translates to Book of Akbar, is the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor (r. 1556–1605), commissioned by Akbar himself by his court historian and biographer, Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak who was one of the nine jewels in Akbar's court. He had also written Ain-i-Akbari.