History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-I)
'A woman cannot acquit herself well as a ruler, for she is essentially deficient in intellect.' The above comment was made by:
AZiauddin Barani
BIbn Battuta
CIsami ✓ Correct
DMinhaj-us-Siraj
Correct answer: (C) Isami — It was Isami, so the answer is Isami.
Explanation
★It was Isami, so the answer is Isami.
★The comment that a woman cannot acquit herself well as a ruler because she is deficient in intellect was made by Isami.
★Isami was a fourteenth-century Indian historian and court poet.
★He wrote the book Futuh-us-Salatin, called the Shahnama of medieval India.
★It is a verse history of the Muslim rulers of India.
★So the author of this comment was Isami.
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