Q. Who wrote the Akbarnama?

A
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak
B
Akbar
C
Shah Jahan
D
Babur
Solution:
  • The Akbarnama, which translates to Book of Akbar, the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor, commissioned by Akbar himself by his court historian and biographer, Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, called one of the “nine jewels in Akbar’s court” by Mughal writers.
  • It was written in Persian, which is the literary language of the Mughals, and includes vivid and detailed descriptions of his life and times.
  • It followed the Baburnama, the more personal memoir by his grandfather, Babur, founder of the dynasty.
  • Like that, it was produced in the form of lavishly illustrated manuscripts.
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