| The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor Contributor(s): Thackston, W. M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375761373 ISBN-13: 9780375761379 Publisher: Modern Library OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Both an official chronicle and the highly personal memoir of the emperor Babur (1483-1530), "The Baburnama presents a vivid and extraordinarily detailed picture of life in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India during the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries. Babur's honest and intimate chronicle is the first autobiography in Islamic literature, written at a time when there was no historical precedent for a personal narrative--now in a sparkling new translation by Islamic scholar Wheeler Thackston. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes notes, indices, maps, and illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Royalty - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002019644 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 8" (1.00 lbs) 608 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 15th Century - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Both an official chronicle and the highly personal memoir of the emperor Babur (1483-1530), The Baburnama presents a vivid and extraordinarily detailed picture of life in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India during the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries. Babur's honest and intimate chronicle is the first autobiography in Islamic literature, written at a time when there was no historical precedent for a personal narrative--now in a sparkling new translation by Islamic scholar Wheeler Thackston. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes notes, indices, maps, and illustrations. |