Who, according to Badshah Nama, presented Jahangir with a ruby worth one lakh rupees? |
Mirza Shahrukh Mirza Illugh Beg Timur Sahib-i Qiran Shah Abbas Safavi |
Shah Abbas Safavi |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Shah Abbas Safavi A pupil of Abu’l Fazl, Abdul Hamid Lahori is known as the author of the Badshah Nama. The Badshah Nama is this official history in three volumes (daftars) of ten lunar years each. Lahori wrote the first and second daftars comprising the first two decades of the emperor’s rule (1627-47); these volumes were later revised by Sadullah Khan, Shah Jahan’s wazir. Infirmities of old age prevented Lahori from proceeding with the third decade which was then chronicled by the historian Waris. This is how Shah Jahan’s jewelled throne (takht-i murassa) in the hall of public audience in the Agra palace is described in the Badshah Nama: |