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15 minutes of fame: Babur, dynasty founder and diarist

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The Babu Nama: A Fighter, a Warrior, a Diplomat?

I don't want to idealize him, but he was a very great fighter. He obviously had a capacity for keeping people with him and for fighting. But he was also, I think, quite something of a diplomat. And it seems as though he could learn from his mistakes. So are there any examples of his state's graft that we should focus on?

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