Which of the following statements are correct vis-a-vis Ain-I Akbari?
(A) It was completed in 1598 after having gone through five revisions.
(B) It is a chronicle written by Abdul Hamid Lahori.
(C) It is a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire.
(D) It was part of a larger project of History writing commissioned by Akbar.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (C) and (D) only
The Ain-i Akbari was written by Abu’l Fazl, Akbar’s court historian.
(A) It was completed in 1598 after having gone through five revisions. Correct. Abu’l Fazl worked on it for years and finished it in 1598, after five revisions.
(B) It is a chronicle written by Abdul Hamid Lahori. Incorrect. Abdul Hamid Lahori wrote the Badshah Nama, the official history of Shah Jahan’s reign; the Ain-i Akbari is Abu’l Fazl’s work.
(C) It is a compendium of imperial regulations and a gazetteer of the empire. Correct. It records the rules of the court, army and administration and gives detailed information on the provinces, revenue, crops, prices, people and customs of the empire.
(D) It was part of a larger project of History writing commissioned by Akbar. Correct. Akbar commissioned the Akbar Nama, in three volumes, and the Ain-i Akbari is its third volume.