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Originally published in 1931 and translated from French into English by Homer White and Richard Glaenzer the book covers the history of the first Timurid ruler of India ZahirudDin Muhammad Babur (r.15041530). This volume discusses the adventures and romantic life of the first Mughal emperor his transition in life as a vagabond and spendthrift person while an heir of a tiny principality in Ferghana (modern day Uzbekistan). Also his political failures and his miraculous appointment as the ruler of Kabul and Hindustan is also touched. The book covers the history of his life in Central Asia more comprehensively than the rest of his years at Hindustan which he spent regaining his position back in his native land. This book concludes with his brief conquest of Hindustan before his untimely death in 1530 in Agra. About the Author JosephFernand Grenard (4 July 1866–1 April 1945) was a French explorer author and diplomat. He spent much of his life in Eastern Turkestan (Xinjiang) and the Tibetan plateau under French governments sponsorship. He authored his East Asian expedition under the French title Mission Scientifique Dans la HauteAsie (A Scientific Mission to Upper Asia 1897–1898) and wrote other titles like GengisKhan La Révolution Russe Tibet: The Country and its Inhabitants which was translated into English by A. Teixeira de Mattos.
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