Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

Who composed the famous 'tazkira' (biographical account of saints) Akhbar-ul-Akhyar?

Options:

Amir Hasan Sijzi

Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi

Mir Khwurd Kirmani

Correct Answer:

Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlavi

Tazkiras (literally, “to mention and memorialise”; biographical accounts of saints) – The fourteenth-centurySiyar-ul-Auliya of Mir Khwurd Kirmani was the first sufi tazkira written in India. It dealt principally with the Chishti saints. The most famous tazkira is the Akhbar-ul-Akhyar of Abdul Haqq Muhaddis Dehlavi (d. 1642). The authors of the tazkiras often sought to establish the precedence of their own orders and glorify their spiritual genealogies. Many details are often implausible, full of elements of the fantastic. Still they are of great value for historians and help them to understand more fully the nature of the tradition.