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Baburnama
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Bāburnāma (Chaghatay/Persian: بابر نامہ ; literally: "Book of Babur" or "Letters of Babur") are the memoirs of Zāhir ud-Dīn Mohammad Zāhir ud-Dīn Mohammad Bābur (1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire and the great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is an autobiographical work, originally written in the Chaghatay language, the spoken language of the Andijan-Timurids.
Bābur was a highly educated Central Asian Muslim and his observations and comments in his memoirs reflect an interest in nature, society, politics and economics. His vivid account of events covers not just his life, but the history and geography of the areas he lived in, and their flora and fauna, as well as the people with whom he came into contact.
The Bāburnāma begins with these plain words:
| “ | In the province of Fergana, in the year 1494, when I was twelve year old, I became king. | ” |
After some background, Bābur describes his fluctuating fortunes as a minor ruler in Central Asia - in which he took and lost Samarqand twice - and his move to Kabul in 1504.
There is a break in the manuscript between 1508 and 1519 by the latter date Bābur is established in Kabul, now in Afghanistan, and is campaigning in what is now Pakistan. The final section of the Bāburnāma covers the years 1525 to 1529 and the establishment of the Mughal empire in South Asia, which Bābur's descendants would rule for three centuries.
The Bāburnāma is widely translated and is part of text books in no less than 25 countries mostly in Central, Western and Southern Asia.
- The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor, Zahir-ud-din Mohammad Babur, Translated, edited and annotated by Wheeler M. Thackston. 2002 Modern Library Paperback Edition, New York. ISBN 0-375-76137-3
- Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor Babur, Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babur, Translated from Chaghatay Turkic by Annette Susannah Beveridge, Abridged, edited and introduced by Dilip Hiro. (ISBN-13) ISBN 978-0-14-400149-1; (ISBN-10) ISBN 0-14-400149-7. - online version
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