History material-Mughal India-Concluding part

• Only father Manrique mentioned that Taj Mahal was actually designed by Gerenimo Verenio

• Akbar was a famous palyer of Nakkarah, a musical instrument
• Nayakabheda was a popular style of painting of Mewar
• Todarmal translated Bhagbata Purana, Faizi translated Lilavati, Badaoni translated Ramayana and Sarhindi translated Atharva Veda
• Lal Kanwar taught Akbar music
• Abul Fazl mentions 17 painters, 36 musicians and 59 poets of Akbar's court
• Swami Haridas was the music teacher of Tansen
• Jahangir composed many Hindi songs while Shah Jahan was an accomplished singer and Babur an accomplished dancer
• Muraqqa was actually a photo album
• Manohat served both Akbar and Jahangir
• Jahangir gave Mansur the title Nadir Ul Asr, Abul Hassan Nadir Us Zamir and Abdus Samad Shirin Qalam.
• Jahangir sent Bishendas to Persia to draw a portrait of Shah Tahmasp
• Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri was written by Mutamad Khan
• Masir-i-Alamgiri was written by Mutamad Khan
• Mirza Mohd Qazm wrote "Alamgirnamah"
• Basaan was the creator of Razmnamah, the pictorial illustration of Mahabharata
• Dastan-i-amir hamza was the arliest collection of paintings during the Mughal period, it was complied during Humayun.
• Maharaja Sawant Singh patronised Kishangarh school of painting
• Shah Jahan spent the last 7 years of life in Musamman Burj in Agra Fort
• The Agra Fort plays a key role in the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.(Courtesy: wikipedia)
• Gwalior fort is the precursor of Agra Fort
• Peocock throne was designed by Bebadal Khan
• Babri masjid was designed by Mir Baqi.

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History Quiz 3-Mughal India-Shah jahan, Aurangzeb, Mughal society

1. Which foreigner gives a vivid account of the famine prevailing during Shah Jahan's rule?
2. Which governor of Kandhar defected to the Mughal side to give them the authority over Kandhar?
3. Who led the Kandhar mission in 1638?
4. Which Jat ruler exhumed the tomb of Akbar?
5. When did Aurangzeb decalre that all the Karoris must be Mislims?
6. Which Rajput ruler has been called as" key to Aurangzeb's brain" by Khafi khan?
7. Which famous Sufi saint was persecuted by Aurangzeb?
8. Which Baluch leader betrayed Darah after the batttle of Deoriah?
9. Who wrote under the pen name of "Makhfi"?
10. What was Ashrafi during the Mughal period?
11. Where in India the largest ship building factory located during the Mughal reign?
12. What was Shah Rukhi during the Mughal period?
13. In which century was tobacco imported in India for the first time?
14. What was Dadni?
15. What was Katraparcha?
16. What was "Wazifa"?
17. Which traveller stated that there was no middle class in India during the Mughal period?
18. What was Zartari?
19. Which was the most important industry during the Mughal rule?
20. Who created the post of Amin?