{"product_id":"the-baburnama-memoirs-of-babur-prince-and-emperor-paperback","title":"The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. M. Thackston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth an official chronicle and the highly personal memoir of the emperor Babur (1483-1530), \u003ci\u003eThe Baburnama\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes notes, indices, maps, and illustrations.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth 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. \u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition includes notes, indices, maps, and illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWheeler M. Thackston\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of the Practice in Persian and Other Near Eastern Languages at Harvard University, where he has taught for twenty years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalman Rushdie\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Booker Prize) and Fury, among others. His latest book is \u003ci\u003eStep Across This Line\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 10, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755649007904,"sku":"9780375761379","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5c4cdb2e38dd17264cb02f737f5e7688.webp?v=1780064690","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-baburnama-memoirs-of-babur-prince-and-emperor-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}