Babur
Babur
Timurid Prince and Mughal Emperor, 1483–1530
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.
- Includes miniature colour paintings from the Babur Nama
- Includes maps to depict the range of Babur's reign across Central Asia, Afghanistan and North India
- Explains the little known Central Asian, Turkic and Mongol aspects of the South Asian Timurid-Mughal empire
Product details
May 2018Paperback
9781107107267
258 pages
228 × 152 × 16 mm
0.36kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Qazaq: a Timurid vagabond
- 2. Padshahlıq, governance, in Kabul
- 3. Mulkgirliq: the act of kingdom-seizing
- 4. Padshalıq, governance, in Hindustan
- 5. Gurbatlıq: an Indian exile
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
