num_pages: 385
description: 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.
language: English
title: Babur Nama: Journal of the Emperor Babur
titlecomplete: Babur Nama: Journal of the Emperor Babur
characters: Zahirud-din Muhammad Babur
genres: Literature, History, Classics, Biography, India, Memoir, Asia, Autobiography, Nonfiction, 16th Century
ratings_count: 683
publisher: Penguin (Penguin Classics)