Keywords :Babur, -- Emperor of Hindustan, -- 1483-1530
Mogul Empire
Issue Date :2014-01
Publisher :National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
Description :The Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) is the work of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), the founder of Mughal dynasty in India. Written in the form of a diary, Babur's memoirs are the first true autobiography in Islamic literature, and also of the medieval India. The Baburnama is one of the marvels of the medieval world. “It belongs to a handful of the world's literary works that can accurately be described as unique”(Amitav Ghosh). Written originally in Chagatai Turkic, a now extinct dialect of erstwhile Soviet Central Asia and the adjacent region of Chinese Turkestan or Xinjiang, and a language of Ural-Altaic group, Babur's style of writing was highly Persianized. The Memoires was later translated into Persian and illustrated during the reign of Babur's grandson Emperor Akbar.
Description :Includes bibliographical references.
Source :National Council of Science Museums
Type :Article
Received From :National Council of Science Museums
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dc.contributor.author
Sanyal, Indranil
dc.date.accessioned
2017-06-16T09:59:55Z
dc.date.available
2017-06-16T09:59:55Z
dc.description
Includes bibliographical references.
dc.date.issued
2014-01
dc.description.abstract
The Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) is the work of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), the founder of Mughal dynasty in India. Written in the form of a diary, Babur's memoirs are the first true autobiography in Islamic literature, and also of the medieval India. The Baburnama is one of the marvels of the medieval world. “It belongs to a handful of the world's literary works that can accurately be described as unique”(Amitav Ghosh). Written originally in Chagatai Turkic, a now extinct dialect of erstwhile Soviet Central Asia and the adjacent region of Chinese Turkestan or Xinjiang, and a language of Ural-Altaic group, Babur's style of writing was highly Persianized. The Memoires was later translated into Persian and illustrated during the reign of Babur's grandson Emperor Akbar.
dc.source
National Council of Science Museums
dc.format.extent
70-75p.
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application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2773
dc.language.iso
en
dc.publisher
National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata
dc.subject
Babur, -- Emperor of Hindustan, -- 1483-1530
Mogul Empire
Government of India
