TY - BOOK AU - Beveridge, Annette Susannah TI - Babur nama : : journal of emperor babur SN - 9780144001491 U1 - 954.0252092 PY - 2017/// CY - Gurgaon PB - Penguin KW - India--Mogul Empire KW - Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530 KW - India N2 - 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. Against the turbulent backdrop of medieval history, it paints a precise and vivid picture of life in Central Asia and Afghanistan - where Babur ruled in Samarkand and Kabul - and in the Indian subcontinent, where his dazzling military career culminated in the founding of a dynasty that lasted three centuries ER -