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Write brief essay on Babarnama as a source of History.

  • UPSC 2002
  • Culture during Mughal Empire

The Baburnama (also known as the Tuzuk-i-Babri), Babur's memoir written in Chagatai Turki, is assessed here strictly as evidence — what it can and cannot reliably tell a historian, as distinct from what it reveals about Babur's personal character.

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  • An Unusual Genre in an Age of Court Panegyric
  • Frankness and Self-Criticism as Evidentiary Strength
  • A Window onto Central Asian and Early Mughal India
  • Limitations as a Historical Source
  • Its Place in Islamic Historical Literature
  • Conclusion

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