Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Question

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): Babur wrote Tuzk-e-Babri in Chagatai Turki.

Reason (R): Turki was the official language of the Mughal Court.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. A. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
2. B. (A) is false, but (R) is true
3. C. (A) is true, but (R) is false (Correct answer)
4. D. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

Correct Answer

Option C — (A) is true, but (R) is false

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is (A) is true, but (R) is false.

Key Points

• Assertion is true. Babur wrote his memoirs, the Tuzuk-i-Baburi (also called Baburnama), in his mother tongue Chagatai Turki.
• Reason is false. The official language of the Mughal court was Persian, not Turki. Akbar formally established Persian as the language of administration, and it remained so until the British replaced it with English in 1837.
• (A) true and (R) false gives option (c).

Additional Information

• The Baburnama was translated into Persian as the Baburnama by Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan during Akbar's reign.
• Compare the court memoirs frequently asked together:
  • Babur — *Tuzuk-i-Baburi*, in Chagatai Turki (autobiography)
  • Jahangir — *Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri*, in Persian (autobiography)
  • Gulbadan Begum — *Humayun-nama*, in Persian
  • Abul Fazl — *Akbarnama* and *Ain-i-Akbari*, in Persian
• Babur is also credited with the Mubaiyan, a treatise in verse on Islamic law.