Babur's Diaries

I cannot think of another powerful ruler until the present day who wrote a diary. The idea that you get an intimate look at this person, that he talks about how he's upset,. How he's disappointed, what he feels about things. I can't think of any other record like this of what a ruler thought and felt. But in some ways, you get a sense that yes, he is like us. And we have to be careful not to assume he's just like us."