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Contains a seal of Aurangzib
Marginal decorations consist of floral designs and miniatures of birds and animals in the Mughal style.
The manuscript is considered by some scholars as the original copy in the Emperor's own hand. Incomplete.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
BABUR NAMA (Autobiographical Memoirs of Babur)
Foll. 382; size 26 x 21.5 cm; paper; Nastáliq script; 15 lines to a page; Persian. Author: Mughal Emperor Zahirud-Din Babur, A.H. 937 (AD. 1530).
Begins :
در ماه رمضان سده هشتصد ونود و نه در ولایت فرغانه
پادشاه شدم دود دوازده سالگی
Ends :
رابگوالیار بایشان شیخ کون ونوبیگ فرستاده شد که گوالیار رابایشان سپرده
145 illustrations in Mughal style of late Akbar and early Jahangir period; 3 seals, one old and two modern.
This is a Persian translation of the original work in Turkish, made at the instance of Emperor Akbar by Mirzā Khān ‘Abdur Rahim Khān-iKhānān bin Bairam Khān. It contains accounts of Babur's reign from his accession in A.D. 1494 to A.D. 1529.
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
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