Babur : timurid prince and mughal emperor, 1483-1530 / Stephen Frederic Dale
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TextPublication details: India Cambridge University Press 2018Description: 242 pISBN: - 9781107107267
- 954.025 DAL-S
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BITS Pilani Hyderabad | 900-999 | General Stack (For lending) | 954.025 DAL-S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 37723 |
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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