The Baburnama
by Babur, Zahiruddin Muhammad; Rushdie, Salman (Introduction by)
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- Hardcover
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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About This Item
London: The Folio Society NONE [NONE] 2013. (hardcover) lviii, maps, 540pp. Fine. 4to. Memoirs of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, written from his early years until a short time before his death. Originally recorded in the now extinct Turkic language of Chaghatai, this edition has been translated by Wheeler M. Thackston. Quarter leather binding, gilded decorated boards, gilt title and decoration stamped to spine. Maps. Full colour plates, reproduced, with permission, from the British Library manuscript of the Baburnama. No jacket. Housed, as issued, in sturdy, royal blue (plain) slip case. Fine and beautiful copy. Translated, edited, and annotated by Wheeler M. Thackston. Preface to the Illustrations by J. P. Losty. Introductin by Salman Rushdie..
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- Spafford Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131330
- Title
- The Baburnama
- Author
- Babur, Zahiruddin Muhammad; Rushdie, Salman (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Folio Society NONE
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Memoirs, Autobiography, Collectible Books, History - India, World History
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- Fine
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- Slip Case
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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