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WBCS Main Examination 2022 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 4 of 200

Q4
History of IndiaMughal Empire
The autobiography of Babur was known as
  1. a.Chach Namah
  2. b.Firdaus Namah
  3. c.Babur Namah
  4. d.Shah Namah

Answer: (C) Babur Namah

Babur wrote his memoirs, the Baburnama or Tuzuk-i-Baburi, in his mother tongue Chaghatai Turkish. It was translated into Persian in Akbar's reign by Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan. The Chach Nama is a history of Sindh describing the Arab conquest by Muhammad bin Qasim in 712. The Shah Nama is Firdausi's Persian epic, written at the court of Mahmud of Ghazni.