Question

Akbar's regent was________
A. Abdul Fazi
B. Bairam Khan
C. Abdul Latif
D. Kabir

Answer 1

Hint: His birth took place in the region of Badakhshan which is located in Central Asia, and belonged to the Baharlu Turkomanclan of the Kara Koyunlu confederation. His father as well as his grandfather had been part of Babur's service.

Complete answer:
Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, who is also known by names such as Abul Fazl, Abu'l Fadl and Abu'l-Fadl 'Allami, was the grand vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar, as well as the author of the “Akbarnama”.
“Akbarnama” was the official history of Akbar's reign present in three volumes, (the third volume is called the Ain-i-Akbari) and a Persian translation of the Bible. Also, he was one of the Nine Jewels of Akbar's royal court and was also the brother of Faizi. Not only this he was the poet laureate of Emperor Akbar.

Bairam Khan was a very important military commander, and afterwards a commander-in-chief of the Mughal army. He was a powerful statesman as well as a regent at the court of the Mughal Emperors, Humayun and Akbar also. At the same time he was also the guardian, adviser, teacher , chief mentor plus the most trusted ally of Akbar. Humayun had also honored him as Khan-i-Khanan, which means "King of Kings". Bairam was originally known as Bairam that means "Beg", but eventually became honored as 'Kha' or Khan.

After the death of Humayun during 1556, Bairam Khan had been appointed regent over the young monarch Akbar. As a regent, he had combined Mughal authority in northern India as well as most notably which led the Mughal forces at the Second Battle of Panipat, which was fought amongst Akbar and Hemu during November 1556.

Akbar had also adopted the policy of peace in place of the Islamic doctrine. Akbar’s ideas of early religious doctrine had been influenced by his teacher whose name was Abdul Latif as well as the Sufi ideology. In order to debate the philosophical as well as theological subjects, Akbar had established aibaadatakhaana (prayer-building) in his capital Fatehpur Sikri in 1575 AD.

Kabir Das who is often referred as Kabir refers to a 15th-century Indian mystic poet as well as a saint, whose writings had influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement as well as his verses are also found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib. His early life was in a Muslim family, but he had been strongly influenced by his teacher, who was the Hindu bhakti leader Ramananda. Kabir was born in the Indian city of Varanasi.

Thus, Option B is the correct answer.

Note: Bairam had played an active role in the early Mughal conquests of India. Later he contributed greatly to the establishment of the Mughal empire under Humayun at the time when he was entrusted with the position of muhardar (keeper of the seals). He also took part in military campaigns that were held in Benares, Bengal and Gujarat. He accompanied Humayun during his exile in Persia and helped to defeat Kandahar before serving as its governor for nine years. During 1556, he also played a leading role as a commander in Humayun's reconquest of Hindustan.