1. 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

2. 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 “

3. 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