Question

Match the following

List-1	List-II
A. Gulbadan Begum	1. Sakinat-ul-Auliya
B. Abul Fazl	2. Humayun Nama
C. Nizamuddin Ahmad	3. Tabaqat-i-Akbari
D. Dara Shikoh	4. Ain-i-Akbar

1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3, D - 4
2. A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1
3. A - 3, B - 2, C - 1, D - 4
4. A - 2, B - 4, C - 1, D - 3

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1

The correct answer is ​A - 2, B - 4, C - 3, D - 1.

• The Sirr-i-Akbar is a compilation of the Upanishads translated from Sanskrit into Persian authored by Dara Shukoh in 1657 AD. 
• The Tabaqat-i-Akbari is a history of India from the early Muslim invasions to the thirty-eight years of Akbar's reign by Nizamuddin Ahmad.

List-1	List-II
Gulbadan Begum	Humayun Nama
Abul Fazl	Ain-i-Akbar
Nizamuddin Ahmad	Tabaqat-i-Akbari
Dara Shikoh	Sakinat-ul-Auliya

• Nizamuddin Ahmad was a Muslim historian of late medieval India.
  • He was son of Muhammad Muqim-i-Harawi.
  • He was Akbar's Mir Bakhshi.
  • His work, the Tabaqat-i-Akbari, is a comprehensive work on general history covering the time from the Ghaznavids up to the 38th year of Akbar's reign.
• Gulbadan Begum was a Mughal princess and the daughter of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire.
  • She is best known as the author of Humayun Nama, the account of the life of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote at the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar.
• Abul Fazl was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar.
  • He was the author of the Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar's reign in three volumes, and a Persian translation of the Bible.
• Dara Shikoh, also known as Dara Shukoh, was the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
  • Dara was designated with the title Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba and was favoured as a successor by his father and his older sister, Princess Jahanara Begum.
  • Dara Shikoh is the author of the book Sakinat-ul-Auliya.