Muntakhab al-tawarikh 43: Translation of the Ramayana.
Muntakhabu-t Tawáríkh of 'Abdu-l Kádir Badáúní (extracts) 43
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[Text, vol. ii. p. 336.] [In this year the King commanded me to make a translation of the Ramayana, a composition superior to the Maha-bharat. It contains 25,000 shloks, and each shlok is a verse of sixty-five letters. The hero of its story is Ram Chand, King of the city of Audh, who is also called Ram, and whom the Hindus worship as a god in human form.]
[Text, vol. ii. p. 366.] [In the month of Jumada-l awwal A.H. 999, I completed the translation of the Ramayan, having occupied four years in the work. When I presented the book, it was greatly praised.]