MEMOIRS OF

ZEHĪR-ED-DĪN MUHAMMED BĀBUR

EMPEROR OF HINDUSTAN

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, IN THE CHAGHATĀI TŪRKI

AND TRANSLATED BY

JOHN LEYDEN, ESQ., M.D.

AND

WILLIAM ERSKINE, ESQ.

ANNOTATED AND REVISED BY

SIR LUCAS KING, C.S.I., LL.D., F.S.A.

PROFESSOR OF ARABIC AND PERSIAN, AND LECTURER IN INDIAN HISTORY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DUBLIN; LATE OF THE

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOLUME I

HUMPHREY MILFORD

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW COPENHAGEN

NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE CAPE TOWN

BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS SHANGHAI PEKING

1921

PRINTED IN ENGLAND

AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

BY FREDERICK HALL

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