Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists -
List-I (Book): (A) Mirat-e-Sikandari (B) Burhan-e-Masir (C) Riyaz-us-Salatin (D) Riyaz-ul-Insha
List-II (

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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists -
List-I (Book): (A) Mirat-e-Sikandari (B) Burhan-e-Masir (C) Riyaz-us-Salatin (D) Riyaz-ul-Insha
List-II (Context): (1) History of Bengal (2) History of Bahmani's Ahmad Nagar (3) Collection of Mahmood Gawan's letters (4) Victory of Gujarat

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Correct — B, A-(4), B-(2), C-(1), D-(3). Mirat-e-Sikandari is a Persian history of the Gujarat Sultanate — matching 'Victory of Gujarat' (4). Burhan-e-Masir is a history of the Bahmani and Nizam Shahi (Ahmadnagar) dynasties of the Deccan — 'History of Bahmani's Ahmad Nagar' (2). Riyaz-us-Salatin is a history of Bengal (1). Riyaz-ul-Insha is a compilation of the letters/state correspondence of Mahmud Gawan, the Bahmani prime minister (3). Only option (b) pairs all four correctly.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Swaps A and B: it wrongly makes Mirat-e-Sikandari a history of Ahmadnagar and Burhan-e-Masir the Gujarat work. C and D are right, but the first two are reversed.  (c) Correct for A and B, but swaps C and D — it wrongly makes Riyaz-us-Salatin the collection of Gawan's letters and Riyaz-ul-Insha a history of Bengal.  (d) Wrongly makes Mirat-e-Sikandari a history of Bengal and Riyaz-us-Salatin the 'Victory of Gujarat' work; only B and D are correctly matched.

Concept: These are four Indo-Persian historical/literary texts of medieval India. Mirat-i-Sikandari (by Sikandar ibn Muhammad, 'Manjhu') chronicles the Gujarat Sultanate; Burhan-i-Ma'asir (by Sayyid Ali Tabatabai) covers the Bahmani and Ahmadnagar (Nizam Shahi) states of the Deccan; Riyaz-us-Salatin (by Ghulam Husain Salim) is a history of Bengal; and Riyaz-ul-Insha is a collection of the official letters of Mahmud Gawan, the reforming Bahmani wazir.

State PCS 2023 Q13 — History PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q13 — History PYQ with Answer