Question

Which of the following pairs is INCORRECTLY matched?
1. Mirza Mohammad Qasim : Shahjahan Nama
2. Abul Fazl : Akbarnama
3. Gulbadan Begum : Humayun Nama
4. Abdul Hamid Lahori : Padshahnama

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Mirza Mohammad Qasim : Shahjahan Nama

The correct answer is Mirza Mohammad Qasim: Shahjahan Nama.

• Under the patronage of the Samanid dynasty, Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (Ferdowsi) began his epic poem in 977, taking thirty-three years to complete it.
• The Shahnameh was written at a time when modern Persian had started to flourish and the structures and standards for the language were being set.
• Akbarnama was written by Abul Fazl.
• Humayun Nama was written by Humayun's sister Gulbadan Begum.
• Padshahnama was written by Abdul Hamid Lohri.

• The Shahnameh is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE
• It is the national epic of Greater Iran.
• Consisting of some 50,000 "distichs" or couplets, the Shahnameh is one of the world's longest epic poems.