Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor BaburThe Facts Are As Stated Here . . . I Have Set Down Of Good And Bad Whatever Is Known. The Babur Nama, A Journal Kept By Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babur (1483 1530), The Founder Of The Mughal Empire, Is The Earliest Example Of Autobiographical Writing In World Literature, And One Of The Finest. Against The Turbulent Backdrop Of Medieval History, It Paints A Precise And Vivid Picture Of Life In Central Asia And Afghanistan Where Babur Ruled In Samarkand And Kabul And In The Indian Subcontinent, Where His Dazzling Military Career Culminated In The Founding Of A Dynasty That Lasted Three Centuries. Babur Was Far More Than A Skilled, Often Ruthless, Warrior And Master Strategist. In This Abridged And Edited Version Of A 1921 English Translation Of His Memoirs, He Also Emerges As A Sensitive Aesthete, Naturalist, Poet And Lover. Writer, Journalist And Internationally Acclaimed Middle Eastern And Central Asian Expert, Dilip Hiro Breathes New Life Into A Unique Historical Document That Is At Once Objective And Intensely Personal For, In Babur S Words, The Truth Should Be Reached In Every Matter . |
Contents
AH 899 | 3 |
AH 900AH 903 | 19 |
AH 904 | 43 |
AH 905AH 906 | 51 |
AH 907AH 909 | 80 |
Part II | 113 |
AH 911 | 151 |
AH 912 | 162 |
AH 926 | 232 |
Part III | 243 |
AH 933 | 284 |
AH 934 | 302 |
AH 935 | 310 |
AH 936 | 342 |
Titles | 354 |
Baburs | 361 |
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Abdul Afghans Agra Ahmad Alacha Ahmad Tambal Mughal Akhsi Andijan Arghun army arrows Baba Babur Badakhshan Badi Uzzaman Bagh Bagh-e Bai Sunghar Bajaur Barlas battle Bhira boat brother brought Bukhara camp captured Chaghatai citadel commanders crossed Daulat Khan dawn dismounted Dost drink enemy envoy Fergana fight garden Gate Ghazni Herat hill Hindu Hindustan Hissar horses Humayun Hussein Mirza Ibrahim Lodi Islamic Jahangir Jahangir Mirza Kabul Khojand Khurasan Khusrau Shah Khwaja Kalan Kukuldash lakhs Lodi's maajun marched Margilan meadow Midday Prayer miles mountains Mughal Muhammad Shaibani Muhammad Shaibani Khan Mullah Muqim Muzaffar Nasir Mirza night ordered Persian Qambar Ali Mughal Qandahar Qara Qasim Beg Quichin Qunduz reached River road rode ruler Samarkand Sayyid sent Shaibani Khan Uzbek side soldiers Sultan Ahmad Sultan Mahmoud Khan sword Taghai Tashkent Timur Beg took town Turkish Uddin Ulugh Beg Uzun Hassan valley village warriors wine party Yusuf