Bāburnāma is the memoirs of Ẓahīr ud-Dīn Muḥammad Bābur (1483-1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is an autobiographical work, originally written in the Chagatai language, known to Babur as "Turki" (meaning Turkic), the spoken language of the Andijan-Timurids. Because of Babur's cultural origin, his prose is highly Persianized in its sentence structure, morphology, and vocabulary,and also contains many phrases and smaller poems in Persian. During Emperor Akbar's reign, the work was completely translated to Persian by a Mughal courtier, Abdul Rahīm, in AH (Hijri) 998 (1589-90).
These Paintings, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow.
These Paintings, being a fragment of a dispersed copy, was executed most probably in the late 10th AH /16th CE century. It contains 30 mostly full-page miniatures in fine Mughal style by at least two different artists. Another major fragment of this work (57 folios) is in the State Museum of Eastern Cultures, Moscow.
An awards ceremony in the Sultan Ibrāhīm’s court before being sent on an expedition to Sambhal
Animals of Hindustan monkeys called bandar that can be taught to do tricks, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur)
Animals of Hindustan monkeys, rodents and the peacock, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama
(Memoirs of Babur)
Animals of Hindustan small deer and cows called gīnī, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama
(Memoirs of Babur)
Babur and his army in the Sinjid valley on the way to Kabul
Babur and his party hunting for rhinoceros in Swati, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama
Babur and his warriors visiting the Hindu temple Gurh Kattri (Kūr Katrī) in Bigram
Babur being entertained in Ghaznī by Jahāngīr Mīrzā
Babur confronts his enemies in the mountains of Kharābūk and Pashāmūn
Babur entering Kabul, from Illuminated manuscript Baburnama
Babur on the way to Hindustan camps at Jām and with the help of his guide Malik Bū Saʿīd Kamarī is exploring Bigram and enquiring about the Hindu temple Gurh Kattri
Babur, during his second Hindustan campaign, riding a raft from Kunar back to Atar
Babur's defeat of the Afghans at the Jagdalek Pass
Birds of Hindustan luchas, called būqalamūn, and partridges
Birds of Hindustan starlings, called pandāvalī
Birds of Hindustan, such as crows, magpies, and cuckoos, that live beside water, and alligators
Ḥamzah Sulṭān, Mahdī Sulṭan and Mamāq Sulṭān pay homage to Babur
Having opened the gates of the Murghīnān fortress, ʿAlī Dūst Ṭaghāyī is paying homage to Babur
Homage being paid to Babur, in 910 AH1504 CE, by Bāqī Chaghānyānī near the river Oxus (Daryā Āmū)
Illuminated Manuscript Baburnamah
Illuminated single leaf, Battle Scene from the Baburnamah
Muḥammad Ḥusaym Mīrzā, a relative of Babur, in spite of his treachery, is being released and send to Khurāsān
Sultan Muḥammad Vays offers Babur a healthy horse to replace his ailing one
The battle of Panipat and the death of Sultan Ibrāhīm, the last of the Lōdī Sultans of Delhi
The battle of Sultan Ḥusayn Mīrzā against Sultan Masʿūd Mīrzā at Hiṣṣār
The final phase of the battle of Kandahar on the side of the Murghan mountain
The inhabitants of Osh (Ūsh) drive the enemy out with sticks and clubs and hold the town for Babur
The siege and battle of Isfarah. Babur and his army assaults the fortress of Ibrāhīm Sārū
Source: Flickr Gallery of The Walters Art Museum