Consider the following statements:
1. Maasir-i-Alamgiri was written by Aurangzeb.
2. Alamgirnama was written by Mirza Muhammad Kazim.
3. Muntakhab-i-Lubab was written by Khafi Khan.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1 and 2 only
Incorrect Answer2 and 3 only
Correct Answer1 and 3 only
Incorrect Answer1, 2 and 3
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Explanation: Alamgirnama, the court history of Emperor Aurangzeb (1658-1707), was written by Mirza Muhammad Kazim. Following the tradition of the Mughal emperors from the time of Akbar, Aurangzeb ordered his court historian Mirza Muhammad Kazim to record and compile the history of his reign. Mirza Kazim wrote the history up to the 10th year of the reign of Aurangzeb (1668), but the emperor forbade him to continue the work after this period. The history was a voluminous work, consisting of 1,107 printed pages (published by the Calcutta Asiatic society of Bengal in 1868). Maasir-i-Alamgiri was a court history of the next 5 decades of Aurangzeb rule. It was written by Saqi Mustad Khan. It was composed after the death of Aurangzeb. The book has been in the news recently, as there are records in the book which show that Aurangzeb ordered raising of temples in Banaras (Varanasi). (The Gyanvapi Mosque Controversy). Muntakhab-i-Lubab is a historical account of the Mughal empire in India. It was written by Khafi Khan. It covers the period from the Lodhi dynasty, to the rule of Muhammad Shah. It is an important source of history for the period of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb.
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