Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Kings and Chronicles

Question:

'Abdul Hamid Lahori', the author of Badshah Nama was whose pupil?

Options:

Amir Khusrau

Abu'l Fazl

Ibn Battuta

Nizamuddin Auliya

Correct Answer:

Abu'l Fazl

Explanation:

A pupil of Abu’l Fazl, Abdul Hamid Lahori is known as the author of the Badshah Nama. Emperor Shah Jahan, hearing of his talents, commissioned him to write a history of his reign modelled on the Akbar Nama. The Badshah Nama is this official history in three volumes (daftars) of ten lunar years each.