History · Historiography of Delhi Sultanate
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R). Assertion (A): Ziauddin Barani's Tarikh-i-Firuz Shahi provides detailed first-hand historical information about the reign of Muhammad bin Tughlaq alongside that of Firuz Shah Tughlaq. Reason (R): Barani served as a nadim (court companion) to Muhammad bin Tughlaq for seventeen years, granting him direct access to court affairs and events of that period. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- 1A is true, but R is false
- 2A is false, but R is true
- 3Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- 4Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A✓
Correct answer
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
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