The garden of the eight paradises : Bābur and the culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530) / by Stephen F. Dale.

Main entry:

Dale, Stephen Frederic.

Title & Author:

The garden of the eight paradises : Bābur and the culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530) / by Stephen F. Dale.

Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Description:

xiii, 520 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; v. 10

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-494) and index.
Emperors and Individuals -- The Timurid Denouement in Mawarannahr -- Babur's Cultural Personality -- The Padshah of Kabul -- Poetry and Autobiography -- The Conquest of Hindustan -- Strangers in a Strange Land -- The Rewards of Empire, the Loneliness of Exile -- Epilogue: Babur and the Timurid Renaissance.

Summary:

"This is the biography of Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur, the founder of one of the great premodern Islamic empires, the Timurid-Mughul empire of India. It contains an original evaluation of his life and writings as well as fresh insights into both the nature of empire building and the character of the Timurid-Mughul state." "Based upon recently published critical editions of Babur's autobiography and poetry, the book examines Babur's life from the time he inherited his father's authority in the Ferghanah valley, east of Samarqand, in 1494, until his death in Agra, India in 1530. The book is written in an alternating series of thematic and narrative chapters. The thematic or analytical chapters examine his major writings, discuss his cultural personality and his reaction to Indian culture, while the narrative chapters relate the story of his life while critically commenting on his autobiographical intent." "The book contributes to the history of the Timurid period, the study of early modern Islamic empires and the nature of autobiographical literature in Islamic and Asian societies. It is illustrated with fifteen colour plates and four maps."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9004137076 (alk. paper)
9789004137073 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Babur, Emperor of Hindustan, 1483-1530.
Babur Mogulreich, Großmogul 1483-1530
Babur (Mogulreich, Großmogul)
Kings and rulers
Kultur
Asia, Central History.
Afghanistan History.
India Kings and rulers Biography.
India History 1000-1765.
Asie centrale Histoire.
Afghānistān Histoire.
Inde Histoire 1000-1765.
Afghanistan
Central Asia
India
Indien
Zentralasien

Form/genre:

Biographie.
Biographies
History

Added entries:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 10.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 234779
Call No.: DS461.1.D35 2004
Status: Available

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