Question

Akbarnama, the biography of Akbar was written by:
A. Abul Fazl
B. Birbal
C. Jahangir
D. None of these

Answer 1

Hint: The Akbarnama, called the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar who was the third Mughal Emperor. Akbarnama was written in Persian, which is the literary language of the Mughals. It includes wide and detailed descriptions of Akbar’s life and times.

Complete answer:
Akbarnama was written by Abul Fazl, one of the nine jewels in Akbar’s court by Mughal writers. It is noted that the book took seven years to be completed. The original manuscript consists of many miniature paintings supporting the texts. After the death of Akbar in $ 1605 $, the manuscript remained in the library of his son, Jahangir. Akbarnama followed Baburnama, the more personal memory by his grandfather, Babur who was the founder of the dynasty. Akbarnama as a symbol of learning, culture, and Knowledge entails scrutiny not only in the context of world literature but also in multilingual pre-colonial South Asia. It is written in a Hagiographical style that represents a powerful dynastic ideology that glorified Akbar as an extraordinary monarch who possessed all the extraordinary skills and powers. Today, the illustrated manuscript of Akbarnama is at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Henry Beveridge took over two decades for the completion of the English translation of Akbarnama because he was being assigned the task by the Asiatic Society of Bengal in the year $ 1897 $
So, the correct answer is Option A.

Note: Let us discuss the rest of the options:
Jahangir: Tuzuk e- Jahangiri is the autobiography of Mughal Emperor Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir. It was written by Sayyid Ahmad.
Birbal: Birbal was born as Mahesh Das Brahmbhatt in the year $ 1528 $.