The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c12.s3.36

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Bābur was a real poet, and apart from the incidental verses introduced in his memoirs we have from his pen a small collection of Turkī lyrics, which bear comparison with the best poetry of his day.¹ He also wrote a religious poem called the *Mubayyin*, and about two years before his death he wrote a versified rendering of the *Risāla-i-Wālidiyya*, a pious tract written by the famous Khvāja Ahrār in honour of his parents.