This book is a concise biography of Babur, who founded the Timurid-Mughal Empire of South Asia.

Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Qazaq: a Timurid vagabond; 2. Padshahl¿q, governance, in Kabul; 3. Mulkgirliq: the act of kingdom-seizing; 4. Padshal¿q, governance, in Hindustan; 5. Gurbatl¿q: an Indian exile; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Stephen F. Dale is Emeritus Professor of South Asian and Islamic History and Distinguished University Scholar at the Ohio State University. He is the author of Islamic Society on the South Asian Frontier: The Mappilas of Malabar 1498-1922 (1980), Indian Merchants and Eurasian Trade, 1600-1750 (Cambridge, 2002), The Garden of the Eight Paradises: Babur and the Culture of Empire in Central Asia, Afghanistan and India (1483-1530) (2012), The Muslim Empires of the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals (Cambridge, 2009) and The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man (2015).