{{Short description|Indian writer, historian, and translator (1540–1615)}} {{Expand German|topic=bio|ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Abd al-Qadir Badayuni | honorific-suffix = | image = 2. AN, Bada'uni bringt eine Siegesnachricht.jpg | caption = Badāʾūnī brings the news of the victory at Haldighati, June 1576. By Manohar Das | pronunciation = Abd al-Qādir al-Badāyūni | birth_name = Abdul Qadir | birth_date = 21 August 1540<ref name="h971">{{cite web | last=Mukhia | first=Harbans | title=Historians and Historiography During the Reign of Akbar | url=https://ia801406.us.archive.org/5/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.131430/2015.131430.Historians-And-Historiography-During-The-Reign-Of-Akbar_text.pdf | access-date=23 July 2025}}</ref> | birth_place = Badayun, Mughal Empire<ref name="Britannica"/> | death_date = 1615 | death_place = Agra, Agra Subah, Mughal Empire | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | years_active = | era = Mughal India | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | credits = | style = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = | family = | title = | honors = | module2 = {{Infobox religious biography |embed = yes |Madh'hab= |lineage= |sect= |founder= |subsect= |philosophy= |known_for=Historian, Islamic scholar, linguist and courtier |education= |alma_mater= |influences = Usman Bengali<ref>{{cite book|editor=Haig, Wolseley|author=ʽAbd al-Qadir Badayuni|title=Muntakhab-ut-Tawārīkh|chapter=II. An account of the learned men, most of whom the author has met, or from those whom he has received instruction.|date=1899 |page=188|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.532625/page/n193/mode/2up|volume=3}}</ref> |monastic_name= |pen_name= |posthumous_name= |flourished= |home_town=Agra |spouse= |children= |mother= |father= |location= |title= |teacher= |students= |works= |literary_works = Tarikh-i-Bada'uni also known as Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh |signature= |background=lightgreen |website= }} | module3 = }} '''<nowiki/>'Abd al-Qadir''' '''Badayuni''' (21 August 1540 – 1615)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abd-al-Qadir-Badauni|title=ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī | Indo-Persian historian}}</ref> was an Indian writer, historian, and translator. He lived in the Mughal Empire.<ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|title=Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abd-al-Qadir-Badauni|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=6 July 2016}}</ref> He translated into Persian the Hindu works, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata (Razmnama).<ref name="Britannica" />
==Life== Badayuni was a Rajasthani Shaikhzada and a son of Muluk Shah.<ref name=Majumdar>{{cite book |editor1-last=Majumdar |editor1-first=R. C. |editor1-link=R. C. Majumdar |date=2007 |title=The Mughul Empire |edition=4th |series=The History and Culture of the Indian People |volume=VII |location=Mumbai |publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |pages=6–7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rizvi |first=Saiyid A.A. |author-link=Saiyid Athar Abbas Rizvi |title=Religious and Intellectual History of the Muslims in Akbar's Reign (1556–1605) |date=1975 |publisher=New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal |isbn=978-8-1215-03006 |pages=193 |chapter=The Mughal Elites in Akbar's Reign}}</ref> He grew up in Basavar, studying in Sambhal and Agra.<ref name="Britannica" /> In 1562, he moved to Badaun, the town after which he was named, before moving to Patiala to enter the service of prince Husayn Khan for the next nine years.<ref name="Britannica"/> His later years of study were led by Muslim mystics. The Mughal emperor, Akbar, appointed him to the religious office in the royal courts in 1574 where he spent much of his career.<ref name="Britannica" />
==Major works== Badayuni wrote ''Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh'' (Selection of Chronicles) or ''Tarikh-i-Badayuni'' (Badayuni's History) which was completed in 1595 (1004 AH). This work in three volumes is a general history of the Muslims of India. The first volume contains an account of Babur and Humayun.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} The second volume exclusively deals with Akbar's reign up to 1595. This volume is an unusually frank and critical account of Akbar's administration, in particular, his religious views and his conduct. This volume was kept concealed until Akbar's death and was published after Jahangir's accession.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} This book gives a contemporary perspective regarding the development of Akbar's views on religion and his religious policy. The third volume describes the lives and works of Muslim religious figures, scholars, physicians and poets.<ref name="Majumdar"/>
The first printed edition of the text of this work was published by the College Press, Calcutta in 1865 and later this work was translated into English by G.S.A. Ranking (Vol.I), W.H. Lowe (Vol.II) and T.W. Haig (Vol.III) (published by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta between 1884 and 1925 as a part of their Bibliotheca Indica series).{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}
==In popular culture== Irrfan Khan played Badayuni in Doordarshan's historical drama Bharat Ek Khoj (1988-1989).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-05 |title=Ashutosh Gowariker recalls seeing an 'unknown actor' Irrfan Khan during Discovery of India's shoot : 'Have been fan ever since' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/ashutosh-gowariker-recalls-seeing-an-unknown-actor-irrfan-khan-during-discovery-of-india-s-shoot-have-been-fan-ever-since/story-XgLlR9TucBAOrbrppN4pvJ.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
He was portrayed by Aayam Mehta in Taj: Divided by Blood.
== Notes == {{reflist}}
==References== * "Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2005. [http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9011694 Encyclopædia Britannica Online]. 16 November 2005 . * ''[https://archive.org/details/MuntakhabAl-tavarikhOfBadauni.Volume2.Persian Muntakhab al-Tavarikh]'' (in Persian) Volume 2 . * All three volumes of his Muntakhab al-Tavarikh (in English) are available and searchable here: http://persian.packhum.org/persian/ * [https://books.google.com/books?id=RFNOAAAAYAAJ ''Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh, Volume 1'' (1898)]
==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * [http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D03601020%26ct%3D0 The Muntakhabu-'rūkh by ʽAbdu-'l-Qādir Ibn-i-Mulūk Shāh, (Al-Badāoni)] Packard Humanities Institute * [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924073036752#page/n489/mode/2up ''Tārīkh-i Badāūnī''], a translation from Volume V of The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, 1867 {{authority control}}
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