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Q86 (NDA-I/2018) History & Culture › Medieval India › Mughal cultural history Answer Verified

Who among the following was the author of Humayun Nama ?

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The Humayun Nama (or Humayun-namah) was authored by Gulbadan Begum, who was the daughter of the first Mughal Emperor Babur and the sister of the second Emperor Humayun [1]. She was commissioned by her nephew, Emperor Akbar, to record her memories of her father and brother to assist Abul Fazl in compiling the official history of the empire. Written in simple Persian, the work provides a unique and detailed account of the Mughal court and the domestic lives of the royal family, distinguishing it from the more formal, laudatory chronicles of the time. Unlike other royal women mentioned, such as Roshanara Begum (daughter of Shah Jahan) or Ruquaiya Sultan Begum (Akbar's consort), Gulbadan Begum is specifically celebrated as the first female-authored historian of the Mughal era [1].

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  1. [1] History , class XI (Tamilnadu state board 2024 ed.) > Chapter 14: The Mughal Empire > Sources for the Study of Mughal Empire > p. 223
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