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Babur, a descendant of the turcomongol conqueror timur tamurlane on his fathers side and of. List of important books and authors for various competitive exams. He then settled in london in the mid1960s, and became a fulltime writer, journalist and commentator. Baburs honest and intimate chronicle is the first autobiography in islamic literature, written at a time when there. The babur nama, a journal kept by zahir uddin muhammad babur 1483 1530, the founder of the mughal empire, is the earliest example of autobiographical writing in world literature, and one of the finest. The baburnama in english memoirs of babur by babur, emperor of hindustan, 14831530. Baburnama english pdf baburnama is the name given to the memoirs of.
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Baburnama the memoirs of babur in the province of fergana, in the year 1494, when i was twelve year old, i became king. Both an official chronicle and the lively and highly personal memoir of the emperor babur 14831530, the baburnama presents an extraordinarily vivid portrait of life in central asia and south. Buy the babur nama everymans library classics series book. It reveals its author as not only a military genius, but a ruler unusually magnanimous. This translation is based on that by annette beveridge, the baburnama in english.