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A more recent one-volume translation of the Babur-nameh is Babur, Emperor of Hindustan (1995, reissued 2013), translated, edited, and annotated by Wheeler M. Thackston. Fernand Grenard, Baber, First of the Moguls (1931, reprinted 1971; originally published in French, 1930), is a good interpretive study. The standard work in English is William Erskine, A History of India Under the Two First Sovereigns of the House of Taimur, Báber and Humáyun, 2 vol. (1854, reissued 1974). Harold Lamb, Babur, the Tiger: First of the Great Moguls (1961, reprinted 2003); and Stephen F. Dale, The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan, and India (1483–1530) (2004), are more recent treatments. Also useful is the chapter on Babur by Sir E. Denison Ross in Richard Burn (ed.), The Cambridge History of India: The Mughal Period, vol. 4 (1963, reissued 1987), which offers a condensed but valuable study.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expanded the description of the Baburnama. | Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Bābor, Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad. | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| Updated the spellings of Baburnama and Muhammad Shaybani Khan. | Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions. | Mar 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Removed diacritics. | Feb 08, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor Babur. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Conquest of India by Babur. | Oct 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Bābor, Ẓahīr-al-Dīn Moḥammad. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 24, 2019 | ||
| Corrected the origin of his name. | Aug 01, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Islam - Babur in Delhi. | Oct 03, 2017 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 10, 2015 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Dec 10, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: MapsofIndia.com - Biography of Babar. | Aug 01, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: IndiaNetzone - Babur. | Jan 16, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: ILoveIndia.com - Biography of Babur. | May 09, 2013 | ||
| Revised and updated article. | Feb 04, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enterprise Team - Babur. | Mar 03, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |