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Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ... Babab (Zahir-ad-din-Muhammad) --his Memoirs and character 9- 16, birth (Feb. 14, 1483) 21, named Babar by Mongols 22, visits Samarkand (aet. 5) 22, education, influence of women, his grandmother 22,23; ascends throne of Farghana (June, 1494) 23, invasion and retreat of two uncles 34, 25, his grande idie 25; the fertility of Far- ghana 26-28, the people 28, 29; Babar a Turco-Mongol or Cha- ghatai 29, his father 29, 30, courtiers 30, 31, uncle Ahmad 31, 32, Biibar''s personal influ- ence 33, 34; plot against him 35, gdegdegd resolves 35, his first invasion and conquest of Samar- kand (Nov., 1497) 36-39, de- serted by rebellious troops 39, illness 39, loses Samarkand and Farghana 40, 41; reduced to Khojend 41, 42, takes refuge in Ailak hills for want of other asylum 43, hatred of Khusrau 43, is restored to Marghinan 44, 45, recovers rest of Far- ghana 46, renewed rebellion of Mongols 47, war and hunting, 47, 48, treaty of partition with his brother Jaluingfr 48; nomi- nal Kingship 49, second inva- sion of Samarkand 50, inter- vention of Shaibani 51 ; second flight to Ailak 52, second oon- quest of Samarkand (1500) 53, defeated by Shaibani at Sar-i- pul (1501) 57, 58, defence of Samarkand 58, 59, third flight to the hills 59-63; visits Tash- kend 64, Mongol ceremonies 65- 68, campaign with the Khans in Farghana (1502) 69, capture of Ush, Uzkend, &c. 69, attempt upon Andijan 69, 70, surprised and routed by Tambal 71, 72, wounds and surgery 73, 74; invited to Akhsi 74, 75,betrayed and expelled 76, 77, an exciting escape and great ride 78-81, betrayed at Karman 81-83, rescued 84; successes of Shai- bani, defeat and death of the Khans 85, 86; fourth flight to the bills (1503) 86; designs on Kabul 87, 88, advance through Hisar 89, meeting...
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