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29 JUL 21 :: ''Many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave," said emperor Babur in his autobiography The Baburnama |
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6 JUL 21 :: ''Many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave," said emperor Babur in his autobiography The Baburnama |
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6 JUL 21 :: Babur died near Agra on December 21, 1530. He left orders for his body to be buried in Kabul |
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30 JUN 21 :: Babri Masjid (Mosque of Babur) It is believed that one of his generals, Mir Baqi, built the Babri Masjid ("Babur's Mosque") in 1528 on his orders |
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30 JUN 21 :: Melons are a thing with Babur. Hot, grumpy, and newly sober in Hindustan, he remembers the melons of Kabul: |
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30 JUN 21 :: The Sirdarya or Jaxartes running just below Babur's home fortress of Akshikent near Namangan in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan @DalrympleWill |
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12 MAR 21 :: .@DalrympleWill on the trail of Babur’s paradise lost @FT [continued] |
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12 MAR 21 :: Depiction of a meeting between Babur and the Sultan Ali Mirza near Samarkand © Getty Images @FT @DalrympleWill |
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12 MAR 21 :: Many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave," said emperor Babur in The Baburnama |
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12 MAR 21 :: The Sirdarya or Jaxartes running just below Babur's home fortress of Akshikent near Namangan in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan @DalrympleWill |
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12 MAR 21 :: He walked three times around Humayun’s bed, praying: “O God! If a life may be exchanged for a life, I who am Babur, I give my life and my being for a Humayun.” |
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12 MAR 21 :: .@DalrympleWill on the trail of Babur’s paradise lost @FT |
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9 NOV 20 :: The Sirdarya or Jaxartes running just below Babur's home fortress of Akshikent near Namangan in the Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan @DalrympleWill |
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9 NOV 20 :: He walked three times around Humayun’s bed, praying: “O God! If a life may be exchanged for a life, I who am Babur, I give my life and my being for a Humayun.” |
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9 NOV 20 :: Akshikent: The view Babur grew up with: huge mud brick walls, pink in the evening light, rear up over an oasis. Snowpeaks rise in the near distance @DalrympleWill |
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9 NOV 20 :: Many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye. We conquered the world with bravery and might, but we did not take it with us to the grave," said emperor Babur in his autobiography The Baburnama |
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9 NOV 20 :: Babur’s Soul @Openthemag @DalrympleWill |
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9 NOV 20 :: Also, "The new year, the spring, the wine and the beloved are joyful. Babur make merry, for the world will not be there for you a second time." |
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9 NOV 20 :: Babur’s Soul @Openthemag @DalrympleWill [continued] |
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26 FEB 20 :: Blood and Soil in @narendramodi's India @NewYorker A |
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