#babur

Babur and his army emerge from the Khwaja Didar Fort during his war with his nemesis, Shaybani Khan, from a Bāburnāma manuscript, c. 1590. British Museum (ID: 2000,0616,0.1) Babur is depicted mounted on a fully armoured horse, leading his cavalry as they ride out from the fortress of Khwaja Didar, where he had spent the winter of 1497. Behind him, a drummer sits astride a camel, while another attendant leans forward to shade Babur with a parasol. In the left foreground, broken arrows signal that the engagement with Shaybani Khan and the Uzbek forces is already underway. The fort is encircled by red brick walls and crenellated ramparts, and within its precincts stand a domed tomb, along with assorted buildings, pavilions, and canopies. This scene forms the left-hand page of a double-page composition; the right-hand page depicts Shaybani Khan and his Uzbeks being driven back toward Samarkand, now also in the British Museum’s collection. The Bāburnāma, also known as the Tuzk-e Babri, is the name given to the memoirs of Ẓahīr ud-Dīn Muḥammad, known as Babur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Tamerlane.

"Highest Gdp" MY ASS!

Also the "highest GDP under Mughals" is a myth, which, if I recall correctly, was propelled by Shashi Tharoor. The narrative that India accounted for about 23% of the world's GDP during Mughal era but after British rule the share plummeted to mere 3% is central in the book An Era of Darkness. He quotes economic historians such as Angus Maddison to support his claims about pre-colonial economic dominance. First of all, the demerit of Tharoor's claim is that focusing solely on a large share of global GDP without accounting for population size is an elementary mistake in economic reasoning. A large country can have a significant share of the world economy even with a poor populace. India had a high GDP simply because our population was much bigger thanks to our fertile soil.

Moreover, India's large share of global GDP began to decline even before British rule took full effect, because India already lagged behind in naval supremacy, hence it couldn't dominate in trading. Yes, the British did largely de-industrialise India, but it is also true that Mughals had drained India of its wealth and resources, which is why martial and scientific innovation could not reach its zenith. India was using advanced printing press in pressing patterns to textiles which were exported rather than printing books. Also, Tharoor overlooks the fact that rapid industrialisation of Britain and other European powers quickly overrode India's GDP despite having smaller populations because the industrial output of Europe beat the output of India. Lastly, the modern concept and calculation of GDP did not exist in the Mughal era, making any figures an estimation.

Following the critical success of his first volume Babur: The Chessboard King, Aabhas Maldahiyar returns with the much-anticipated sequel, Babur: The Quest for Hindustan. As both an accomplished historian and an architect of compelling prose, Maldahiyar once again delivers a potent combination of rigorous scholarship and narrative force.  Read More...

Look at these two idiots

LOOK AT BABUR'S DILATED PUPILS OMG HE'S TOTALLY WHIPPED AKSJDHDHDHDABD

ALSO THE WAY HE'S BLUSHING KAKSSJDJDHDHD