Question

Who among the following had translated Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text "Suka Saptati" in Persian and gave it the title "Tutinama" ?

  1. Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi
  2. Abdur Razzak
  3. Shihabuddin-al-Umari
  4. Amir Khusro

Answer:

Option A: Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi”.

Tutinama, literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian.

Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi translated Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text "Suka Saptati" in Persian and gave it the title "Tutinama".