Literatures of the Mughal Period Introduction Contemporary Literatures of any historical period is considered as Primary Sources in writing History. During Mughal reign dozen of contemporary literatures have been written by different authors even by few Mughal emperors too. Most of this literatures were written in Persian Language. Author Name of the work About Gulbadhan Begam Humayun Nama History of Humayun Abul Fazal Ain-i- Akbari “ of Akbar Abul Fazal Akbar Namah “ of Akbar Baduani Muntakhab-ul- Tawarikh “ of Akbar Mulla Duad Tawarikh-i- Alfi “ of Akbar Nizam-ud-din Ahmed Tabaqat-i- Akbari “ of Akbar

Author Name of the Work About Jahangir Tuzuk-i- Jahangiri Autobiography Muntamad Khan Iqbal Namah History of Jahangir Reign Abdul Haqq Nuriyya-i- Sultaniya Theory of Kingship Abdul Ahmad Lahori Padshah Namah History of Shah Jahan Dara Shikoh Safinat-ul- Auliya Biographies of Sufi Saints Dara Shikoh Sakinat –ul-Auliya Translation of Upanishads Aurangazeb Raqqat-i-Alamgiri A collection of his letters Khafi Khan Muntakhab-ul-Lubab History of Aurangazeb Muhammad Kazim Alamgir Namah “ Muhhammad Saqi Masir-i-Alamgiri “ Bhimsen Nuskha –i- Dilkusha “ Iswar Das Futuhat-i-Alamgiri “ Nimat Khan Ali Waqai-i- Hyderabad Conquest of Golconda by “

Secondary Sources about Mughal Empire Jadunath Sarkar - India of Aurangzeb History of Aurangzeb (in 5 Volumes) The Fall of Mughal Empire (in 4 Volumes)- Monumental work of Sarkar