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.


Format Häftad Omfång 258 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Cambridge University Press Utgivningsdatum 2018-05-03 ISBN 9781107107267