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Review: Memoirs of Babur by Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur (2014x12)

Data emisji: Kwi 20, 2014

Babur Nama or Memoirs of Babur, is considered a novel, a journal, a historic document, whatever it may be, it is the remarkable story of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, a descendant of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and the Turkic conqueror Tamerlane. And more importantly Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire. Yes, this is a five hundred year old journal. Originally written in Turkic Chagatai, a language that is now extinct; it has since been translated into dozens of languages. Babur Nama is one of the earliest examples of autobiographies in the world. In fact it's one of the finest ever written. It presents a precise and a vivid picture of late medieval life in Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It is the true story of an impoverished yet highly educated king who, against all odds, established one of the greatest dynasties the world had ever seen