{"id":5644,"date":"2011-07-24T11:07:58","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T05:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2020-11-15T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T09:00:59","slug":"empire-of-the-moghul-raiders-from-the-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2011\/07\/24\/empire-of-the-moghul-raiders-from-the-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Alex Rutherford<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first of the &#8216;Empire of the Moghul&#8217; series, which begins in 1494  when the 12 year old Babur is suddenly forced to become king of  Ferghana, on the death of his father. Babur feels a strong sense of  destiny and is convinced that fate has something special in store for  him. His ancestry, which include Timur and Genghis Khan, only reinforces  this belief.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the events that follow his coronation prove to be a roller  coaster ride and he is forced to reconsider his future. From being king  of a small state to the ruler of Samarkhand, to being a king without a  throne, Babur is thrown into situations which provide him valuable life  lessons, all of which would help him establish the Mughal dynasty in  Hindustan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rutherford (mostly) remains true to history but has embellished a  few characters to liven up the tale. From the Shah of Persia to ordinary  foot soldiers, Rutherford manages to show their role in the life and  thinking of Babur, quite effectively. The notes state that he has  traveled to most of the places mentioned in the book. That is perhaps  what has helped him to appreciate and give vivid descriptions of places,  events and even people, making it easier for the reader to visualise  the richness and grandeur of the ancient rulers, their royal abodes, and  even the trials and tribulations that the land forces its inhabitants  to live through. Relying perhaps on the Baburnama, Rutherford succeeds  in balancing and showcasing Babur, the emperor, as well as Babur, the  person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In essence, a good read, especially for those who have an interest  in history, and for those who don&#8217;t, read it as you would, a regular  story, it does justice on that front too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"http:\/\/www.flipkart.com\/affiliateWidget\/simpleBanner?bc=FFFFFF&#038;tc=333333&#038;lc=A52A2A&#038;buy=&#038;affid=INmanublo&#038;id=X5W3FBGWGD&#038;type=3&#038;price=yes&#038;border=yes&#038;height=260&#038;width=120\" style=\"width:120px;height:260px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Rutherford The first of the &#8216;Empire of the Moghul&#8217; series, which begins in 1494 when the 12 year old Babur is suddenly forced to become king of Ferghana, on the death of his father. Babur feels a strong sense of destiny and is convinced that fate has something special in store for him. His <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/2011\/07\/24\/empire-of-the-moghul-raiders-from-the-north\/\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[370,6007],"tags":[1947,1945,1946],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-fiction","tag-alex-rutherford","tag-empire-of-the-moghul","tag-raiders-from-the-north"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14693,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/14693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscrypts.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}