This two-volume work by the Scots orientalist and historian William Erskine (1773–1852) was published posthumously by his son in 1854. It describes the history of India under the Mughal rulers Babur and his son Humayun, descendants of Taimur (Tamburlane), and is acknowledged as one of the earliest scholarly accounts of Mughal rulers in India. Erskine had also translated the Memoirs of Emperor Babar (1826) and completed John Malcolm's biography of Lord Clive (1836). Volume 1 tells the story of Babur's accession to his ancestral possessions in Central Asia, describes the rivalry and warfare which ended with him being expelled from his homeland, and ends with his death in 1531 as imperial ruler of Afghanistan and most of Northern India. Volume 2 describes Humayan's succession, his expulsion from India, exile in Persia, and return with Persian support, which had a profound influence on the language, art and culture of India.

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Product details
- Date Published: May 2012
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108046213
- length: 1220 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 140 x 72 mm
- weight: 1.67kg
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Notice
Author's preface
Preliminary remarks
Introduction:
1. General account of the Tartar tribes
2. Chengíz Khán
3. Chaghatai Khan
4. New Túrki Dynasty under Mír Taimur
History of Báber: Book I. From Báber's Accession to his First Expulsion from Máwerannaher:
1. Conquest and loss of Samarkand. Loss and recovery of Andeján
2. Sheibáni Khan. Conquest and loss of Samarkand
3. Sheibáni's conquest of Táskhend and Ferghána. Expulsion of Báber
Book II. Báber's Transactions in Kábul and Máwerannaher:
1. Conquest of Kábul
2. Journey to and from Khorásán. Khan Mírza's rebellion
3. Conquest and loss of Kandahár. Rebellion of the Moghuls
4. Shah Ismael and Sheibáni. Báber in Máwerannaher
5. Arghúns in Kandahár
6. Arghún conquest of Sind and Multán
i. Conquest of Sind
ii. Conquest of Lower Sind and Multán
Book III. Báber in India:
1. Invasions of India. Battle of Pánipat. Subversion of the Lodi dynasty
2. War of Ráná Sánga, and Chándéri
3. Báber's campaigns on the Ganges
4. Báber's illness, death, and character
Appendix
Index. Volume 2: Book IV. From Humáyun's Accession to his Expulsion from India:
1. Affairs of Humáyan from his accession to his invasion of Malwa and Gujrát
2. Affairs of Gujrát and Malwa
i. Early history of those kingdoms. Progress of Beháder Shah
ii. Conquest of Malwa by Humáyun
iii. Conquest of Gujrát by Humáyun
iv. Loss of Gujrát and Malwa
3. Affairs of Khorásán and Kandahár
4. Affairs of Bengal
i. State of Bengal. History of Shír Khan
ii. Conquest and loss of Bengal by Humáyun
5. Humáyun's expulsion from Hindustán
Book V. Humáyun in Exile:
1. Humáyun's residence in Sind
i. First residence in Sind
ii. Humáyun in the deserts of Márwár and in Sind, a second time
iii. Humáyun's route from Sind to Sístán
2. Humáyun in Persia
3. Humáyun in Afghánistán
i. Humáyun's conquest of Kandahár and Kábul. Expedition to Badakhshán
ii. Capture and loss of Kábul by Kámrán. His submission
iii. State of Kashmír. Expedition towards Bálkh. Revolt and defeat of Kámrán
iv. Subsequent history of Kámrán. Determination of Humáyun to recover India
Book VI. The Súr Dynasty in India:
1. Sultan Shír Shar Súr
2. Sultan Islám (or Selím) Shah Súr
3. Sultan Firúz Shah Súr
4. Sultan Muhammed Shah Adel Súr
Book VII. Humáyun's Reconquest of India
and Death
Supplementary remarks
Index.
Author
William Erskine