Option b is the correct answer. Abdul Qadir Badauni was an Indo-Persian historian and one of the most important writers in the history of the Mughal period in India. He lived in Basavar and studied at Sambhal and Agra. In 1574, he was presented to the Mughal emperor Akbar, who appointed him to a religious office at the court and gave him a pension. Abdul Qadir Badauni translated the Ramayan and the Mahabharat and many Sanskrit tales and the Hindu epics in Persian in accordance with the wishes of Akbar.