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“If you only read one autobiography from a sensitive 16th-century warlord this year, make it this one.” —The New York Times

A hardcover edition of the colorful memoirs of Babur—founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty—that is justly considered a masterpiece (The Wall Street Journal).
Zahiru’d-din Muhamad Babur (1483–1530), a poet-prince from Central Asia, was the author of one of the most remarkable autobiographies in world literature. The Babur Nama reveals him as not only a military genius but also a ruler unusually magnanimous for his time, cultured, witty, and possessing a talent for poetry, an adventurous spirit, and an acute eye for natural beauty.

Babur ascended the throne of Fergana, in what is now Uzbekistan, when he was twelve years old. He eventually invaded India and founded the Mughal dynasty, which would dazzle the world for three centuries. Babur left b

The Babur Nama Everymans Library Classics

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      Publisher Random House USA Inc
      Published 3 November 2020
      ISBN-13 9781101908235
      978-1101908235
      ISBN-10 1101908238
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      Autobiography: adventurers and explorers Autobiography: historical, political and military

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “If you only read one autobiography from a sensitive 16th-century warlord this year, make it this one.” —The New York Times

      A hardcover edition of the colorful memoirs of Babur—founder and first emperor of the Mughal dynasty—that is justly considered a masterpiece (The Wall Street Journal).
      Zahiru’d-din Muhamad Babur (1483–1530), a poet-prince from Central Asia, was the author of one of the most remarkable autobiographies in world literature. The Babur Nama reveals him as not only a military genius but also a ruler unusually magnanimous for his time, cultured, witty, and possessing a talent for poetry, an adventurous spirit, and an acute eye for natural beauty.

      Babur ascended the throne of Fergana, in what is now Uzbekistan, when he was twelve years old. He eventually invaded India and founded the Mughal dynasty, which would dazzle the world for three centuries. Babur left b

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