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.
Aliases (4)
- Babur-nama ×1
- Babur’s memoirs ×1
- Book of Babur ×1
- Tuzuk-i Baburi ×1
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical memoir
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historical text → literary work → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Babur-nama
→
Tuzuk-i Baburi → |
| associatedWithDynasty |
Mughal dynasty
→
Timurid dynasty → |
| author |
Babur
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|
| contains |
descriptions of battles
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descriptions of cities and landscapes → genealogical information on Timurids → observations on flora and fauna → personal reflections → poetry quotations → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Mughal Empire
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|
| coversRegion |
Central Asia
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Fergana Valley → Hindustan → Kabul → North India → Samarkand → |
| dateWritten |
early 16th century
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|
| describesEvent |
Babur’s campaigns in Hindustan
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Babur’s establishment in Kabul → Babur’s loss and recovery attempts of Samarkand → Battle of Panipat (1526) → |
| genre |
autobiography
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historical chronicle → memoir → travel literature → |
| hasTranslation |
English
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Persian → Urdu → various modern languages → |
| historicalImportance |
key primary source on early Mughal history
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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
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| language |
Chagatai Turkish
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| literarySignificance |
one of the earliest major works of prose in Chagatai Turkish
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renowned for vivid and detailed narrative → |
| mainSubject |
life of Babur
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|
| narrativePerspective |
Babur’s own viewpoint
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|
| originalLanguage |
Chagatai Turkish
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|
| originalScript |
Arabic script
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|
| preservedIn |
multiple illustrated Persian manuscripts
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|
| style |
first-person narrative
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| subjectOf |
Persian translation commissioned by Akbar
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| timePeriodDescribed |
early 16th century
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late 15th century → |
| titleInEnglish |
Book of Babur
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|
Referenced by (10)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Baburnama
("Tuzuk-i Baburi")
→
Baburnama ("Babur-nama") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Battle of Khanwa
→
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri → |
relatedWork |
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Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
→
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describedIn |
|
Battle of Khanwa
("Babur’s memoirs")
→
|
documentedIn |
|
Chagatai Turkic
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|
hasNotableWork |
|
Babur
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|
notableWork |
|
First Battle of Panipat
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|
primarySourceWork |
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Baburnama
("Book of Babur")
→
|
titleInEnglish |