'Razmnama' was a Persian translation of which work?

The "Razmnama" ("Book of War") is the Persian translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, prepared at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar in the 1580s.

How the Razmnama was made:

Akbar set up a "Maktab Khana" (translation bureau) at Fatehpur Sikri to translate important Sanskrit works into Persian, the court language. He wanted to promote understanding between Hindus and Muslims and to make Indian knowledge available to the Mughal nobility.

Scholars such as Abdul Qadir Badauni and Naqib Khan, with the help of Sanskrit pandits, translated the Mahabharata between about 1582 and 1586.

Abul Fazl wrote a preface to the translation.

"Razm" means war in Persian, so the name reflects the central war of Kurukshetra.

The Razmnama manuscripts were richly illustrated by Mughal painters such as Daswanth and Basawan. Copies were given to nobles.

A famous illustrated copy is in the City Palace Museum, Jaipur.

Other Persian translations of Sanskrit texts under the Mughals:

• Ramayana: translated by Badauni under Akbar.
• Atharva Veda: translated by Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi.
• Lilavati (mathematics): translated by Faizi.
• Rajatarangini (history of Kashmir): translated under Akbar.
• Panchatantra: translated as "Anwar-i-Suhaili" and "Iyar-i-Danish" (by Abul Fazl).
• Upanishads: translated by Dara Shikoh as "Sirr-i-Akbar" ("The Greatest Secret", 1657).
• Dara Shikoh also wrote "Majma-ul-Bahrain" ("Mingling of the Two Oceans"), comparing Sufism and Vedanta.
• Earlier, Al-Biruni (11th century) translated some Sanskrit works into Arabic, and the Panchatantra was translated into Arabic as "Kalila wa Dimna".

Why not the other options?

• ✗Ramayana was also translated into Persian, but its translation is not called the Razmnama.
• ✗Atharva Veda was translated by Haji Ibrahim Sirhindi.
• ✗Panchatantra was translated as "Anwar-i-Suhaili" and, in Arabic, "Kalila wa Dimna".