The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Emperor of Hindustan Babur

1483–1530

A conqueror, memoirist, and poet, he founded the Mughal Empire after winning the First Battle of Panipat in 1526. His own memoir, the Baburnama, gives a vivid picture of a ruler who wrote as frankly about gardens and landscapes as he did about war and power.