Title The garden of the eight paradises : Bābur and the culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530) / by Stephen F. Dale

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 520 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations, maps Series Brill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; v. 10 Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 10. 1566-7162 Summary This is the biography of Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, the founder of one of the great premodern Islamic empires, the Timurid-Mughul empire of India. It contains an original evaluation of his life and writings as well as fresh insights into both the nature of empire building and the character of the Timurid-Mughul state. Based upon recently published critical editions of Babur's autobiography and poetry, the book examines Babur's life from the time he inherited his father's authority in the Ferghanah valley, east of Samarqand, in 1494, until his death in Agra, India in 1530. The book is written in an alternating series of thematic and narrative chapters. The thematic or analytical chapters examine his major writings, discuss his cultural personality and his reaction to Indian culture, while the narrative chapters relate the story of his life while critically commenting on his autobiographical intent. The book contributes to the history of the Timurid period, the study of early modern Islamic empires and the nature of autobiographical literature in Islamic and Asian societies. -- from the print copy dustjacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-494) and index Notes Print version record Subject Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530. SUBJECT Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530 fast Subject BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY. Kings and rulers Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. South Asia. SUBJECT Asia, Central -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125700 Afghanistan -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001521 India -- Kings and rulers -- Biography India -- History -- 1000-1765. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064912 Subject Afghanistan Central Asia India Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781429427487 1429427485 9789047413141 9047413148

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