Question

Humayun Nama was written by
a. Humayun
b. Firdosi
c. Gulbadan Begam
d. Badayuni

Answer 1

Hint:
Nasir-ud-Din Mu Acammad, better known by his royal name, Humayun, was the second emperor of the Moghul Empire, who ruled over the area of what is now Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northern India, and Bangladesh from 1530 to 1540, and again from 1555 to 1556.

Complete solution:
Humāyūn was born On March 6, 1508, in Kabul [Afghanistan] and died in January 1556 in Delhi [India]), second Mughal ruler of India, who was more an explorer than a builder of his empire. The son and successor of Bābur, who established the Mughal dynasty, Humāyūn ruled from 1530 to 1540, and again from 1555 to 1556.

Gulbadan Begum was the daughter of Emperor Babur of Mughal. She is best known as the author of Humayun Nama, the account of her half-life, brother's Humayun. Later, Prince Jalal-ul-Dīn, her nephew, ascended the imperial throne as Emperor Akbar the Great. She was also the paternal aunt of the chief consort of Akbar, Empress Ruqaiya Sultan Begum. She's spent most of her time in Kabul. In 1557, her nephew, Akbar, was invited to enter the imperial household of Agra. She had great influence and reverence in the imperial household and was loved both by Akbar and his mother, Hamida. Gulbadan Begum finds reference in the Akbarnama ("Book of Akbar"), written by Abu'l Fazl, and many of his biographical information can be accessed through his work.

Akbar ordered Gulbadan Begum to send a chronicle of the story of his father, Humayun. He loved his aunt and knew about her storytelling skills. It was fashionable for the Mughals to engage writers in recording their reigns (Akbar's biography, Akbarnama, was written by well-known Persian scholar Abul Fazl). Akbar asked his aunt to write something she remembered about her brother's life. Gulbadan Begum took up the challenge and created a text entitled Ahwal Humayun Padshah Jamah Kardom Gulbadan Begum bint Babur Padshah amma Akbar Padshah. It has come to be known as Humayun-Nama.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
If Gulbadan Begum wrote about the death of Humayun when he stumbled down in Purana Qila, Delhi, it was lost. The manuscript seems to have ended suddenly in 1552, four years before the death of Humayun. It ends in the middle of the sentence, explaining the blindness of Kamran Mirza.
As we know that Gulbadan Begum had been issued an order to write the story of Humayun's rule by Akbar long after Humayun's death, it is fair to conclude that the only available manuscript is an incomplete version of his writing. Akbar is also believed to have requested his aunt to write down from her memory so that Abul Fazl could use the details in his writings about Emperor Akbar.