Babur: Conqueror of Hindustan

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur lost his first kingdom young, spent years in flight and negotiation, and ended by founding a dynasty in northern India. Royina Grewal's biography draws heavily on the Baburnama, Babur's own memoir, to follow him from Central Asia across Afghanistan and into Hindustan. The book gives space to campaigns and shifting alliances, but also to the man who wrote closely about gardens, fruit, poetry and homesickness, and it keeps both sides of that record in view. What emerges is a portrait grounded in a primary source rather than in later legend. Practical details: • A life traced from Central Asian exile to rule in northern India • Extensive use of the Baburnama as a first-hand source • Attention to Babur's writing on poetry, landscape and personal loss • Background on the alliances and campaigns behind Mughal beginnings Recommended for anyone drawn to South Asian history or to biography built on primary sources, this Rupa Publications title is available from Boipoka.