Who authored ‘Akbarnama’?

Who authored ‘Akbarnama’? Correct Answer Abul Fazl 

The correct answer is ​Abul Fazl.

Key Points

  • Abul Fazl 
    • He was the author of Akbarnama, the official history of Akbar’s reign in 3 volumes. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
    • The third volume of the above work is known as Ain-i-Akbari, which is the administrative report of Akbar’s reign.
    • Another important work of Abul Fazl was Ruqaat, which is a collection of letters to the princes of Akbar and other contemporaries.

Additional Information

Faizi

Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak, popularly known by his pen-name, Faizi was a poet and scholar of late medieval India whose ancestors Malik-ush-Shu'ara of Akbar's Court. He was the elder brother of Akbar's historian Abul Fazl.

Abdus Samad

He was a 16th-century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles. 

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