Baburnama

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autobiographical memoir historical text literary work

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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All labels observed (5)

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

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical memoir ⓘ
historical text ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baburnama ⓘ
surface form: Babur-nama

Baburnama ⓘ
surface form: Tuzuk-i Baburi
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 (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
coversRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Ferghana Valley ⓘ
surface form: Fergana Valley

India ⓘ
surface form: Hindustan

Kabul ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
surface form: North 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 ⓘ
First Battle of Panipat ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Panipat (1526)
genre autobiography ⓘ
historical chronicle ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu

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 Turkic ⓘ
surface form: Chagatai Turkish
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 Turkic ⓘ
surface form: Chagatai Turkish
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 Baburnama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Book of Babur

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babur → notableWork → Baburnama ⓘ
First Battle of Panipat → primarySourceWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Chagatai Turkic → hasNotableWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum → describedIn → Baburnama ⓘ
Baburnama → alsoKnownAs → Baburnama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tuzuk-i Baburi
Baburnama → alsoKnownAs → Baburnama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babur-nama
Baburnama → titleInEnglish → Baburnama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Babur
Battle of Khanwa → relatedWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Battle of Khanwa → documentedIn → Baburnama ⓘ
this entity surface form: Babur’s memoirs
Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri → relatedWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Çağatay Türkçesi → hasNotableWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Khanzada Begum → mentionedIn → Baburnama ⓘ
Battle of Chanderi → associatedWith → Baburnama ⓘ
Humayun-nama → relatedWork → Baburnama ⓘ
Khanwa → mentionedInSource → Baburnama ⓘ
Askari Mirza → associatedWith → Baburnama ⓘ
Mughal chronicles → hasNotableExample → Baburnama ⓘ