The Bābur-nāma in English, by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

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Author

Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530

Title

The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Credits

E-text prepared by Barbara Tozier, Turgut Dincer, Bill Tozier, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530

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Text

eBook-No.

44608

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44608

Release Date

January 7, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Bābur-nāma in English
2. 2.TABLE OF CONTENTS
3. 3.Appendices
4. 4.List of Illustrations.
5. 5.PREFACE. — Introductory. — Chapter I. BABUR’S EXEMPLARS IN THE ARTS OF PEACE. — Chapter II. PROBLEMS OF THE MUTILATED BABUR-NAMA. — Chapter III. THE TURKI MSS. AND WORK CONNECTING WITH THEM. — Chapter IV. THE LEYDEN AND ERSKINE MEMOIRS OF BABER. — Postscript of Thanks.
6. 6.SECTION I. FARGHĀNA. — AH.—Oct. 12th 1493 to Oct. 2nd 1494 AD. — 900 AH.-OCT. 2nd. 1494 to SEP. 21st. 1495 AD. 232 — 901 AH.—SEP. 21st. 1495 to SEP. 9th. 1496 AD. 282 — 902 AH.—SEP. 9th. 1496 to AUG. 30th. 1497 AD. 309 — 903 AH.—AUG. 30th. 1497 to AUG. 19th. 1498 AD. 335 — 904 AH.—AUG. 19th. 1498 to AUG. 8th. 1499 AD. 432 — 905 AH. AUG. 8th. 1499 to JULY 28th. 1500 AD. 470 — 906 AH.—JULY 28th. 1500 to JULY 17th. 1501 AD. 527 — 907 AH.—JULY 17th. 1501 to JULY 7th. 1502 AD. 567 — 908 AH.—JULY 7th. 1502 to JUNE 26th. 1503 AD. 607
7. 7.SECTION II. KĀBUL 666 — 910 AH.-JUNE 14th 1504 to JUNE 4th 1505 AD. 667 — 911 AH.—JUNE 4th 1505 to MAY 24th 1506 AD. 940 — 912 AH.-MAY 24th 1506 to MAY 13th 1507 AD. 1171 — 913 AH.-MAY 13th 1507 to MAY 2nd 1508 AD. 1246 — 914 AH.—MAY 2nd 1508 to APRIL 21st 1509 AD. 1322 — USEFUL SOURCES — EVENTS OF THE UNCHRONICLED YEARS — EVENTS OF THE UNCHRONICLED YEARS
8. 8.SECTION III. HINDŪSTĀN — 932 AH.-OCT. 18th 1525 to OCT. 8th 1526 AD. 1565 — 933 AH.-OCT. 8th 1526 to SEP. 27th 1527 AD. 1961 — 934 AH.-SEP. 27th 1527 to SEP. 15th 1528 AD. 2171 — 935 AH.-SEP. 15th 1528 to SEP. 5th 1529 AD. 2242 — 936 AH.-SEP. 5th 1529 to AUGUST 25th 1530 AD.
9. 9.APPENDICES. — A.—THE SITE AND DISAPPEARANCE OF OLD AKHSĪ. — B.—THE BIRDS, QĪL QŪYIRŪGH AND BĀGHRĪ QARĀ. — C.—ON THE GOSHA-GĪR. — D.—ON THE RESCUE PASSAGE.
10. 10.[APPENDICES TO THE KĀBUL SECTION.] — E.—NAGARAHĀR, AND NĪNG-NAHĀR — F.—ON THE NAME DARA-I-NŪR — G.—ON THE NAMES OF TWO DARA-I-NŪR WINES. — H.—ON THE COUNTERMARK BIH BŪD ON COINS. — I.—ON THE WEEPING-WILLOWS OF f. 190 b . — J.—ON BĀBUR’S EXCAVATED CHAMBER AT QANDAHĀR (f. 208 b ). — K.—AN AFGHĀN LEGEND. — L.—ON MĀHĪM’S ADOPTION OF HIND-ĀL.
11. 11.[APPENDICES TO THE HINDŪSTĀN SECTION.] — M.—ON THE TERM BAḤRĪ QŪT̤ĀS . — N.—NOTES ON A FEW BIRDS. — O.—NOTES BY HUMĀYŪN ON SOME HINDŪSTĀN FRUITS. — P.—REMARKS ON BĀBUR’S REVENUE LIST (fol. 292). — Q.—CONCERNING THE “RĀMPŪR DĪWĀN”. — R.—CHANDĪRĪ AND GŪĀLĪĀR. — S.—CONCERNING THE BĀBUR-NĀMA DATING OF 935 AH. — T.—ON L:KNŪ (LAKHNAU) AND L:KNŪR (LAKHNŪR, NOW SHĀHĀBĀD IN RĀMPŪR). — U.—THE INSCRIPTIONS ON BĀBUR’S MOSQUE IN AJODHYA (OUDH). — V.—BĀBUR’S GARDENS IN AND NEAR KĀBUL.
12. 12.FOOTNOTES
13. 13.THE HISTORY OF BABUR OR BABUR-NAMA — OMISSIONS FROM TRANSLATION AND FOOTNOTES.
14. 14.CORRIGENDA.
15. 15.ADDITIONAL NOTES
16. 16.Index I. Personal
17. 17.Index II. Geographical.
18. 18.Index III. General

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