Observe the image and answer the following question.
Hamza is the central character of the Hamza Nama paintings patronised by Humayun and Akbar, such as the one shown. Who was Hamza?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Uncle of Prophet Muhammad
Option (1) Uncle of Timur — Incorrect. Babur, the first Mughal emperor, was a descendant of Emperor Timur. The Hamza Nama does not tell of Timur’s family.
Option (2) Uncle of Prophet Muhammad — Correct. The Hamza Nama is an illustrated account of the heroic deeds of Hamza, the uncle of Prophet Muhammad.
Option (3) Uncle of Babur — Incorrect. Babur was the first Mughal emperor. His own life is told in the Baburnama, not in the Hamza Nama.
Option (4) Brother of Shah Tahmasp — Incorrect. Shah Tahmasp was the Safavid Persian ruler who gave Humayun refuge. Hamza was not of his family.
Note: This topic was not named in the CUET 2026 syllabus, but it was part of the NCERT chapter. In 2025 and 2026, NTA also asked questions on topics in NCERT that the CUET syllabus did not name. So our mocks have questions from every part of the NCERT chapter, to give you enough practice. Read the whole chapter, not only the sub-topics named in the syllabus.
NCERT (2026-27): “Early Mughal Painting …Akbar, believed to be suffering from dyslexia (a condition where a person finds difficulty in reading), laid great emphasis on illustration of manuscripts. It was under his patronage that several seminal projects of translation and illustration of manuscripts were carried out. The earliest of his projects is the continuation of his father’s artistic legacy of Hamza Nama, an illustrated account of the heroic deeds of Hamza, the uncle of Prophet Muhammad.…”
Spies of Hamza attack the City of Kaymar, 1567–1582, Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna |
