Question

A ______ wrote his autobiography, ''Tuzuk-i-Babri''.
A. Shahjahan
B. Akbar
C. Babur
D. Humayun

Answer 1

Hint: An autobiography is a form of writing that describes the author's life story; that is, it is a written account of the author's life.

Complete answer:
The autobiography of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, the founder of the Mughal empire in India, is Tuzuk-i-Babururi (Baburanamah). Babur wrote it in Turkish, and Abdur Rahim Khan Khan-i-Khanan, son of Bairam Khan Khan-i-Khanan, a Mughal imperial soldier, translated it into Persian.

- Shahjahan: Abdul Hamid Lahori wrote a history of Shah Jahan's first twenty years of rule in Padshahnama. Hence this is not the correct answer.
- Akbar: The work was commissioned by Akbar and written by Abul Fazl, one of Akbar's royal court's Nine Jewels. The book is said to have taken seven years to finish. Hence this is not the correct answer.
- Babur: "Tuzuk-i-Babri" was Babur's autobiography. It was written in Turkish by Babur. The Tuzuki -i-Babri is an accurate portrayal of the author's world and the people with whom he had come into contact. He wrote with sincerity about his own achievements and failures, as well as his flaws, impressing the reader greatly. Hence this is the correct answer.
- Humayun: Emperor Babur's daughter, Gulbadan Begum, was a Mughal princess. Her most famous work is Humayun-Nama, a biography of her half-brother, Emperor Humayun, which she wrote due to the request of her nephew, Emperor Akbar. Hence this is not the correct answer.

Therefore, the correct option is C) Babur.

Note: Babur was also fluent in Persian, the lingua franca of the Timurid aristocracy, in addition to Chaghatai. As a result, Babur, despite being a Mongol, drew much of his patronage from the Turkic and Iranian people of Central Asia, and his army was ethnically diverse.