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204. Babur: The First Mughal Emperor (Ep 1)

Empire

Jack Davenport

History

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“To wander from mountain to mountain, hopeless and homeless, has nothing to recommend it” - Babur Before he became the father of the Mughal dynasty, and the author of one of the most important memoirs in world history, Babur was a provincial young prince in modern-day Uzbekistan. His family tree stretches back to Genghis Khan and Timur, and his fighting spirit was as strong as his ancestors’. As a teenager he sets his sights on the capital city of Samarkand and lays siege to it. But he meets his match when faced with the great Uzbeg warlord, Shaybani Khan. At just 21 years old, Babur is left defeated and homeless, wandering as a nomad around Central Asia. How will he recover from this? Join William and Anita as they explore the early life of the first Great Mughal, Babur.  To buy tickets for Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence visit: https://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/great-mughals-art-architecture-opulence?utm_source=empire_podcast&utm_medium=paid_editorial&utm_campaign=great_mughals_empire_podcast Twitter: @Empirepoduk Email: [email protected] Goalhangerpodcasts.com Assistant Producer: Anouska Lewis + Becki Hills Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:23.6

You know where that is. An ice cold beer.

0:25.6

What's different?

0:27.6

It's Budweiser.

0:30.6

A perfect beer for party season.

0:36.6

Best enjoyed with your best butts.

0:38.3

Cheers to that.

0:41.3

Budwiser, like no other.

0:44.3

Please drink responsibly.

0:46.3

For the facts, visit drinkaware.co.com.

0:48.3

U.K. Hello and welcome to Empire with me Anita Arnhan and me William de Ripple.

1:05.6

Who's sounding so spry considering he's on the other side of the world in Australia having just come off stage, having just wowed thousands of people, and it's now almost midnight where you are, isn't it?

1:16.2

It is, but I've had quite a few espresso, so I'm quite wide away from Perky, actually.

1:21.7

I know. Slightly worries me, actually, you're Ying and Yang, because you sort of started,

1:25.1

we were doing our tech check and he had a gin and tonic and then you said oh just a moment and you got yourself an espresso so this cocktail is

1:30.8

going to play havoc with your stomach i find that it's a very good cocktail up and downers that's what

1:34.9

you need are you going to be able to sleep after this i mean what are you going to do that is more of a worry

1:38.9

than how articulate i'm going to be after the gin and tonic but let's see you're going to be after the gin-tonic, but let's see. You're going to be fabulously articulate, and there's no one better to talk about this,

1:46.9

because this is right in your wheelhouse, because we are talking about Barber.

1:52.5

Now, this is all sort of, you know, entwined with.

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