Baburnama

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Baburnama is the autobiographical memoir of the Mughal emperor Babur, renowned as one of the earliest and most vivid works of prose in Chagatai Turkish and a key historical source on Central and South Asia in the early 16th century.

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Label Occurrences
Baburnama canonical 13
Babur-nama 1
Babur’s memoirs 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical memoir
historical text
literary work
alsoKnownAs Babur-nama
linked to: Baburnama

Tuzuk-i Baburi
linked to: Baburnama
associatedWithDynasty Mughal dynasty
Timurid dynasty
author Babur
contains descriptions of battles
descriptions of cities and landscapes
genealogical information on Timurids
observations on flora and fauna
personal reflections
poetry quotations
countryOfOrigin Mughal Empire
coversRegion Central Asia
Fergana Valley
linked to: Ferghana Valley

Hindustan
linked to: India

Kabul
North India
linked to: northern India

Samarkand
dateWritten early 16th century
describesEvent Babur’s campaigns in Hindustan
Babur’s establishment in Kabul
Babur’s loss and recovery attempts of Samarkand
Battle of Panipat (1526)
genre autobiography
historical chronicle
memoir
travel literature
hasTranslation English
Persian
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language

various modern languages
historicalImportance key primary source on early Mughal history
key source on Central Asian politics in the 15th–16th centuries
key source on the conquest of North India by Babur
influenced later Mughal historiography
language Chagatai Turkish
linked to: Chagatai Turkic
literarySignificance one of the earliest major works of prose in Chagatai Turkish
renowned for vivid and detailed narrative
mainSubject life of Babur
narrativePerspective Babur’s own viewpoint
originalLanguage Chagatai Turkish
linked to: Chagatai Turkic
originalScript Arabic script
preservedIn multiple illustrated Persian manuscripts
style first-person narrative
subjectOf Persian translation commissioned by Akbar
timePeriodDescribed early 16th century
late 15th century
titleInEnglish Book of Babur
linked to: Baburnama

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Babur notableWork Baburnama
Chagatai Turkic hasNotableWork Baburnama
Baburnama alsoKnownAs Tuzuk-i Baburi
linked to: Baburnama
Baburnama alsoKnownAs Babur-nama
linked to: Baburnama
Baburnama titleInEnglish Book of Babur
linked to: Baburnama
Battle of Khanwa relatedWork Baburnama
Battle of Khanwa documentedIn Babur’s memoirs
linked to: Baburnama
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri relatedWork Baburnama
Khanzada Begum mentionedIn Baburnama
Humayun-nama relatedWork Baburnama
Khanwa mentionedInSource Baburnama
Askari Mirza associatedWith Baburnama