Alamgir Nama is a history of the first ten years of which Mughal emperor's reign?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Aurangzeb
The Alamgir Nama, compiled by Muhammad Kazim in 1668, is a history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign; Alamgir was a title of Aurangzeb.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “2. The Production of Chronicles … The authors of Mughal chronicles were invariably courtiers. The histories they wrote focused on events centred on the ruler, his family, the court and nobles, wars and administrative arrangements. Their titles, such as the Akbar Nama , Shahjahan Nama, Alamgir Nama, that is, the story of Akbar, Shah Jahan and Alamgir (a title of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb), suggest that in the eyes of their authors the history of the empire and the court was synonymous with that of the emperor.”
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