'Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540, Toda, India – c. 1615, India) was an Indo-Persian historian and translator living during the Mughal period in India. He lived in Basavar as a boy studying in Sambhal and Agra. He moved to Badaun, the town of his name, in 1562 before moving on to enter the service of prince Husayn Khan for the next nine years in Patiala.