Humayun-nama

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Humayun-nama is a 16th-century memoir written in Persian by Mughal princess Gulbadan Begum, offering a rare female perspective on the life and reign of Emperor Humayun and the early Mughal court.

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Humayun-nama canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian-language work ⓘ
historical text ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
about Mughal royal family ⓘ
linked to: Mughal dynasty

court life in Mughal Empire ⓘ
exile of Humayun ⓘ
political events in early Mughal Empire ⓘ
return of Humayun to power ⓘ
associatedWith Mughal court of Akbar ⓘ
linked to: Mughal court

Timurid-Mughal historiography ⓘ
author Gulbadan Begum ⓘ
commissionedBy Akbar ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Mughal Empire ⓘ
culture Mughal culture ⓘ
depicts early Mughal imperial court ⓘ
life of Emperor Humayun ⓘ
reign of Emperor Humayun ⓘ
describes Humayun’s exile in Persia ⓘ
military campaigns of Humayun ⓘ
relations within the Mughal royal family ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasAuthorGender female ⓘ
historicalContext formation of Mughal Empire in India ⓘ
historicalValue primary source on early Mughal history ⓘ
rare female-authored source in Indo-Persian historiography ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryTradition Indo-Persian literature ⓘ
mainSubject Humayun ⓘ
Mughal dynasty ⓘ
early Mughal court ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person ⓘ
notableFor being one of the few surviving Mughal texts written by a woman ⓘ
detailed account of Humayun’s personal life ⓘ
insider view of Mughal harem and domestic life ⓘ
originalScript Perso-Arabic script ⓘ
perspective female perspective ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
relatedWork Akbarnama ⓘ
Baburnama ⓘ
setting Afghanistan ⓘ
Central Asia ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia
timePeriodDescribed 16th century ⓘ
reign of Humayun ⓘ
writtenBy Gulbadan Begum ⓘ
writtenInCentury 16th century ⓘ

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Gulbadan Begum → notableWork → Humayun-nama ⓘ
Mughal chronicles → hasNotableExample → Humayun-nama ⓘ