The correct answer is Option (2) → D, C, B, A
The correct chronological order is:
D. Humayun Nama (written in the late 1500s)
C. Akbar Nama (completed in early 1600s)
B. Badshah Nama (completed in 1647)
A. Alamgir Nama (complied in 1668)
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 |
