Tabaqat-i-Akbari was written by which of the following authors?

• A. Yahya ibn Ahmad Sihrindi
• B. Mir Muhammad Masum
• C. Muhammad Bihamad Khani
• D. Nizamuddin Ahmad

Answer: (D)

Khwaja Nizam-ud-Din Ahmad Bakshi was a Muslim historian of late medieval India. He was the son of Muhammad Muqim-i-Harawi. Nizamuddin Ahmad wrote the book Tabaqat-i-Akbari which is a general history of the Muslim rule in India coming down to the year of its composition.