Babur and the Baburi's Metaphor: Iranian Ethical and Civic Ideas in the Babur-Nama and Akhlaq-e Humayuni

The legacy of Mughal rulers in India, as well as their colleagues who included Muslims, Hindus, Zoroastrians and Christians for more than a century is devoted to an important part of researches. These studies cover a range of orientalistic approaches to localism. This article tries to show the reflection of Iranian ethical ideas on Babur's thought and action through the two texts: Babur-Nama that is the autobiography of the first Mughal's ruler of India and Akhlaq-e Humayuni written by Qazi Ekhtiyar al-Din Hassan ibn Ghiyath al-Din Huseyni. Akhlaq-e Humayuni covers the first works which is written in the name of the founder of Mughal's dynasty in India. It laid the ground work for his acquaintance with Iranian Ethical heritage, especially with Abu Ali Miskawayh's opinion, an Iranian philosopher and historian. Im my opinion, Babur’s relentless effort to develop social life of the inhabitants in the territory of his state as well as his especial attention the concepts of city and garden, originated in his knowledge in his knowledge about this legacy. I called his approach to these aspects as the “Baburi’s ataphor”. This metaphor helps us to represent the ideal world of the founder of the Mughal dynasty in India.