History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2024 History (Cancelled)
Arrange the following Mughal chronicles and memoirs in chronological order. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- 1. Lahori composes the first two daftars of the Badshah Nama
- 2. Abul Fazl works on the Akbar Nama
- 3. Manuscript of Babur's memoirs in Turkish becomes part of the family collection of the Timurids
- 4. Gulbadan Begum begins to write the Humayun Nama
- 5. Babur's memoirs translated into Persian as Babur Nama
A3, 4, 5, 2, 1 ✓ Correct
B3, 4, 5, 1, 2
C1, 2, 3, 4, 5
D4, 3, 5, 2, 1
Correct answer: (A) 3, 4, 5, 2, 1 — The genuinely correct order is 3, 4, 5, 2, 1.
Explanation
★The genuinely correct order is 3, 4, 5, 2, 1.
★The Turkish manuscript of Babur's memoirs became part of the Timurid family collection around 1530.
★Gulbadan Begum began composing the Humayun Nama around 1587.
★Babur's memoirs were translated into Persian as the Babur Nama around 1589.
★Abul Fazl worked on the Akbar Nama between about 1589 and 1602.
★Lahori composed the first two daftars of the Badshah Nama between 1627 and 1647, and since no option matched, the examining body excluded this question.
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