Arrange the following Mughal chronicles and memoirs in 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:
(1) (B), (D), (C), (E), (A)
(2) (D), (B), (E), (C), (A)
(3) (A), (C), (D), (B), (E)
(4) (B), (A), (D), (E), (C)

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The correct answer is Option 2 - 2 [(D), (B), (E), (C), (A)]

(D) 1587: Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama.
(B) 1589: Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama.
(E) 1639-47: The first two daftars of the Badshah Nama composed by Lahori.
(C) 1650: Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan's reign.
(A) 1668: Muhammad Kazim compiles the Alamgir Nama.

Timeline of major literary works in the Mughal period:

c.1587: Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama
1589: Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama
1589-1602: Abu’l Fazl works on the Akbar Nama
1605-22: Jahangir writes his memoirs, the Jahangir Nama
1639-47: Lahori composes the first two daftars of the Badshah Nama
c.1650: Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan’s reign
1668: Alamgir Nama, a history of the first ten years of Aurangzeb’s reign compiled by Muhammmad Kazim.