Babur: timurid prince and mughal emperor, 1483-1530/stephen f. dale

This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia.

Based primarily on his autobiography and existential verse, it chronicles the life and career of a Central Asian, Turco-Mongol Muslim who, driven from his homeland by Uzbeks in 1504, ruled Kabul for two decades before invading Hindustan in 1526.

It offers a revealing portrait of Baburs Perso-Islamic culture, Timurid imperial ambition and turbulent emotional life.

It is, above all, a humanistic portrait of an individual, who even as he triumphed in South Asia, suffered the regretful anguish of an exile who felt himself to be a stranger in a strange land.