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Baburnama, Babur’s capture and loss of Samarkand (1501)

Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530), born prince of Fergana in Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan), was  scion of the dynasty of Tamerlane, which ruled throughout eastern Iran and Central Asia.  By the age of twelve, Babur had become the ruler of … Continue reading

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