ENGLISH

Babur: Timurid Prince and Mughal Emperor, 1483-1530

By Stephen Frederic Dale

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781108470070, 9781107107267
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (4781838 bytes)
Pages
\262
Time added
2021-04-30 05:52:22

Description

This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia. Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his homeland by Uzbeks in 1504, ruled Kabul for two decades before invading 'Hindustan' in 1526. It offers a revealing portrait of Babur's Perso-Islamic culture, Timurid imperial ambition and turbulent emotional life. It is, above all, a humanistic portrait of an individual, who even as he triumphed in South Asia, suffered the regretful anguish of an exile who felt himself to be a stranger in a strange land.

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