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Memoirs of Zehir-Ed-Din Muhammed Baber Emperor of Hindustan Written by Himself in the Jaghatai Turki and translated partly by . John Leyden partly by William Erskine. With Notes and a geographical and historical Introduction: Together with a Map of the Countries between the Oxus and Jaxartes and a Memoir concerning its Construction by Charles Waddington of the East India Company.
1826réf. 215542London and Edinburgh.: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green and Cadell. First Edition in English. 1826. Large folding copperplate map as a frontispiece vii errata lxvi Preface and Introduction 432 pages 29.5 x 23 cm; period-style full brown morocco blind-ruled boards spine in compartments with red leather title label lettered in gilt endpapers renewed tiny prior owner and date 1827 on the flyleaf edges uncut some offsetting to the title page map spotted but on the whole a very good clean copy with large margins. The first translation into English of the Baburnama memoirs of Zahir-Ed-Din-Mohammed Baber 1483-1530 founder of the Mughal Empire. A handsome copy of a work which was a primary source for the study of 16th century Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley Uzbekistan in 1483 the greater part of Baber's life was spent in war. He took Kabul in 1504 Kandahar two years later several times invading Hindustan and in 1525 finally defeated the Sultan of the Afghans and substantially became master of Hindustan. He showed himself no less able as a sovereign than as a soldier made many improvements social and political and died 1530. Baber was a gifted writer; as well as this valuable autobiography he left a rich literary and scientific heritage. DNB. . Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and Cadell hardcover
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