Arrange the following Mughal chronicles in a chronological order.
(A) Lahori composes the first two daftars of the 'Badshah Nama'.
(B) Gulbadan Begum begins to write the 'Humayun Nama'.
(C) 'Alamgir Nama' compiled by Muhammad Kazim.
(D) Babur's memoirs translated into Persian language.
(E) Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan's reign.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (B), (D), (A), (E), (C)
(B) Gulbadan Begum begins to write the ‘Humayun Nama’ — c. 1587, the earliest of the five.
(D) Babur’s memoirs translated into Persian — 1589: Babur’s memoirs, first written in Turkish, were translated into Persian as the Babur Nama.
(A) Lahori composes the first two daftars of the ‘Badshah Nama’ — 1639-47, in the reign of Shah Jahan.
(E) Muhammad Waris begins to chronicle the third decade of Shah Jahan’s reign — c. 1650.
(C) ‘Alamgir Nama’ compiled by Muhammad Kazim — 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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