Search

Your search for 'dc_creator:( "M. Fuad Köprülü" ) OR dc_contributor:( "M. Fuad Köprülü" )' returned 1 result. Modify search

Did you mean: dc_creator:( "M. fuad Köprülü" ) OR dc_contributor:( "M. fuad Köprülü" )

Sort Results by Relevance | Newest titles first | Oldest titles first

Bābur

(2,801 words)

Author(s): Harrison, J.B. | Hardy, P. | M. Fuad Köprülü
, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad, soldier of fortune, first of the Mug̲h̲al rulers in India, diarist and poet, was descended on his father’s side in the fifth generation from Tīmūr and through his mother Ḳutlūk Nigār Ḵh̲ānum in the fifteenth degree from. Čingiz Ḵh̲ān. He was born on 6 Muḥarram 888/14 February 1483) and succeeded his father ʿUmar S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ as Mīrzā of Farg̲h̲ānā in Ramaḍān 899/June 1494. Bābur inherited his father’s struggle with his kinsmen for the towns and fertile areas of Central Asia. By Rabīʿ I 903/November 1497 he had fended off the attempts by …