The illustrated manuscript Hamzanama was produced in the reign of which ruler?
- A.Babur
- B.Akbar
- C.Shah Jahan
- D.Sher Shah Suri
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Akbar. The Hamzanama, the romance of the adventures of Amir Hamza, was the first great project of Akbar's imperial atelier and took about fifteen years, its large folios painted on cloth by a team under Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad. The same reign produced the Razmnama, a Persian Mahabharata, the Tutinama, and the Akbarnama, and the workshop deliberately blended Persian composition with Indian colour and observation.
Option A, Babur, ruled for only four years in India, left the Baburnama as a memoir and had no painting workshop here. Option C, Shah Jahan, is associated with the Padshahnama and with formal, jewel like durbar scenes. Option D, Sher Shah Suri, was an administrator of the Sur dynasty remembered for the rupiya, the Grand Trunk Road and the postal system, not for painting.
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