205. Babur: The Taking of Delhi

Empire

Jack Davenport

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🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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“In Herat a man can’t stretch out his leg without touching a poet’s backside” - Babur It’s 1506, and Babur leaves his beloved base in Kabul to visit his cousins in Herat, Afghanistan. But whilst he is shyly standing in the corner at parties and receiving a speedy education in poetry and calligraphy, his nemesis Shaybani Khan sacks the city he had left behind. Babur is now one of the last Timurid princes left, and to ensure the power of his family lineage does not die out, he enters a controversial alliance to help him defeat Shaybani Khan. In 1511, Babur launches military campaigns in his homeland of Uzbekistan, but why does he turn his attentions to India instead? And how will he succeed in conquering this new land? Listen as William and Anita discuss Babur’s life in Afghanistan, and the build up to his invasion of India. 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 Producer: Callum Hill Exec Producer: Neil Fearn Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.8	Hello, hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnon.
0:34.6	And me, William Drupul.
0:38.2	So I have just arrived back in India in Mumbai.
0:40.0	I have the most lovely month, actually. I have said, I've been just heaven.
0:42.2	You really have.
0:43.3	Starting in Bali and my first visit to Malaysia, which is a gorgeous country.
0:47.8	Playing to packed audiences wherever you go, young man.
0:51.3	I mean, it's been round.
0:52.4	You to thank for that, Anita.
0:53.5	Three quarters of the audience were there, I think, because Empire listeners, it was just lovely.
0:57.3	That's nice to know.
0:58.2	But, I mean, honestly, it's been rapturous.
0:59.6	You've been like a little bit of a Bono-type character, the Bono history, travelling around.
1:04.8	Thank you for that.
1:06.0	Empire's doing some really strange and amazing things. So I went to kind of an inspiring event, really. It was at the
1:12.1	House of Lords because they were unveiling the first portrait. It's going to be in quite a
1:16.7	prominent place of the first turban-seek lord, a guy called Lord and Digit Singh. And so that was
1:22.5	very lovely. But the number of people who listen to Empire. When was he? He's now. He's living.
1:29.2	He was there standing next to his portrait. Very good portrait it is too. But the number of people who listen to Empire. When was he? He's now. He's living. He was there standing next to his portrait. Very good portrait it is too. But the number of people who listened to Empire and sort of
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