Consider the following pair of authors and their books: Author Book 1. Amir Khusrau Khazain Ul Futuh 2. Al-Beruni Tarikh-Al-Hind 3. Minhaj us Siraj Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi Which of the above given pair is/are correctly matched?

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[A] 2 only

[B] 1 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1 and 2 only

Answer: D

Notes:

Al-Beruni: Tarikh-Al-Hind (Indian Philosophy and Religion written in Arabic)

Minhaj us Siraj: Tabaqat-i-Nasiri (1260) (World Islamic History written in Arabic)

Ziauddin Barani: Tarikh-i-Firoz Shahi(1357) History of Delhi Sultanate up to Firuz Tughlaq
Amir Khusrau: Mifta Ul Futuh (Victories of Jalal-ud-din Khalji); Khazain Ul Futuh (Victories of Allauddin Khalji – Texts in Persian)
Tughlaq Nama (History of Tughlaq dynasty in Persian)
Shams-i-Siraj Afif: Tarikh i Firuz Shahi (after Barani’s account of Delhi Sultanate in Persian)

Source: Tamil Nadu state board.