Arrange the following Mughal chronicles and memoirs in a chronological order.
(A) Muhammad Kazim compiles the Alamgir Nama.
(B) Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama.
(C) Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan’s reign.
(D) Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama.
(E) The first two daftars of the Badshah Nama composed by Lahori.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (D), (B), (E), (C), (A)
(D) Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama — c. 1587, the earliest of the five.
(B) Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama — 1589: Babur’s memoirs, first written in Turkish, were translated into Persian.
(E) The first two daftars of the Badshah Nama composed by Lahori — 1639-47, in the reign of Shah Jahan.
(C) Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan’s reign — c. 1650.
(A) Muhammad Kazim compiles the Alamgir Nama — 1668: a history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign.
Note 1: 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).
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 9: Kings and Chronicles (Pre-rationalised)
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