Memoirs of Bābur

Memoirs of Bābur

Emperor of Hindustan Babur, Born Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muḥammad was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor (1483 – 1530)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Dedication

- Preface

- Introductory

- Babur's Exemplars In The Arts Of Peace

- Problems Of The Mutilated Babur Nama

- The Turki Mss. And Work Connecting With Them

- Part I. The Mss. Themselves

- Part Ii. Work On The Hindustan Mss

- Part Iii. The Bukhara Babur Nama

- Outline Of The History Of The Compilation

- The Author Of The Compilation

- The Leyden And Erskine Memoirs Of Baber

- Postscript Of Thanks

- Section I. Farghāna

- Section Ii. Kābul666

- Description Of Kābul

- Historical Narrative Resumed

- Sult̤ān Ḥusain Mīrzā And His Court

- Translator's Note On 914 To 925 Ah.1508 To 1519 Ad

- Useful Sources

- Events Of The Unchronicled Years

- Translator's Note On 926 To 932 Ah.1520 To 1525 Ad

- Sources For The Events Of This Gap

- Events Of The Unchronicled Years

- Section Iii. Hindūstān

- Expeditions Of Tramontane Muḥammadans Into Hind

- Description Of Hindūstān

- Historical Narrative Resumed

- Farmān Announcing Bābur's Renunciation Of Wine

- Shaikh Zain's Letter Of Victory

- Historical Narrative Resumed

- Translator's Note

- Copy Of A Letter To Khwāja Kalān

- Translator's Note On 936 To 937 Ah.-1529 To 1530 Ad

- Appendices

- Appendices To The Kābul Section

- Appendices To The Hindūstān Section

- Footnotes

- Omissions From Translation And Footnotes

- Corrigenda

- Additional Notes